2. What does Livia tell Claudius about himself?
(a) That he is going to conquer Britain
(b) That he is going to kill Tiberius
(c) That he is going to become a God
(d) That he is going to avenge Caligula's death

3. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They are shocked into silence.
(b) They immediately order punishment.
(c) They rise up and refuse to accept it.
(d) They hold a long debate on the issue.

4. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
(a) Marrying him to Livilla's daughter
(b) Marrying him to Livilla
(c) Giving him a large pension
(d) Naming him his successor

5. How does Tiberius die?
(a) He gets a chill from traveling.
(b) He dies quietly of old age.
(c) Macro smothers him with a pillow.
(d) Caligula stabs him in the heart.

6. How does Caligula react to Cassius's story of a German ambush?
(a) He scoffs at Cassius.
(b) He runs away in terror.
(c) He declares the story untrue.
(d) He re-enacts it the next day.

7. Why did Tiberius not visit his son, Castor, before Castor's death?
(a) He thought Castor was making up the illness to get sympathy.
(b) Sejanus warned him that it might be a trap to assassinate him.
(c) Thrasyllus warned him against making any trips that week.
(d) Livia told him that it would look bad if he favored his son.

8. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?
(a) Most of the people in Rome still loved Caligula.
(b) Caligula had a strong network of spies in the palace.
(c) The German bodyguards were fanatically devoted to him.
(d) No one was sure if Caligula was mortal or immortal.

9. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?
(a) Claudius
(b) Nero
(c) Caligula
(d) Tiberius

10. Why was Claudius summoned to the Hall of Justice late one night?
(a) To judge a trial against Jove
(b) To be sentenced to death
(c) To go over Livia's records
(d) To watch Caligula dance

11. What does Castor promise Agrippina that he will do?
(a) Stand up to Livilla and get a divorce
(b) Investigate the haunting of the house in Antioch
(c) Speak to Tiberius about the behavior of Piso
(d) Defend Germanicus's children and avenge his death

12. Why do the soldiers need a new emperor?
(a) To make sure they get paid
(b) To keep the people of Rome happy
(c) To keep expanding Roman territory
(d) To placate the German bodyguards

13. What does Tiberius do after Livia shames him?
(a) He cultivates a friendship with Agrippina.
(b) He begs her to stop persecuting him.
(c) He accuses her of murdering Postumus.
(d) He leaves Rome on the advice of Sejanus.

14. What was the outcome of Senator Gallus's trial?
(a) He died before the trial was held.
(b) He was found guilty of treason.
(c) He was found guilty of corruption.
(d) He was found innocent of all charges.

15. Why is Piso sent to Syria?
(a) To train the troops there
(b) To raise more taxes for Rome
(c) To build a new city
(d) To govern the province