2. Why does Claudius not want to be emperor?
(a) He wants Rome to be a republic.
(b) He fears that he will be killed.
(c) He knows that he will abuse the position.
(d) He just wants to live quietly.

3. What thought does Claudius comfort himself with as he is made emperor?
(a) That he will be able to restore the Republic soon
(b) That he was able to save his wife and young son
(c) That Livia was right about him after all
(d) That people will finally want to read his books

4. What does Urgulanilla say about Claudius in her will?
(a) He was the only man I ever loved.
(b) He is no fool.
(c) I did not hate him.
(d) He was much nicer than you would think.

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

6. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Nerva and Thrasyllus
(b) Sejanus and Livia
(c) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(d) Nerva and Vispania

7. What number did Germanicus consider especially unlucky?
(a) Seven
(b) Thirteen
(c) Twenty-five
(d) Three

8. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?
(a) Committed incest
(b) Locked her in a room
(c) Tried to kill her
(d) Killed her pony

9. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(b) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(c) They would have been attacked by the people there.
(d) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.

10. Who wrote most of the satiric songs and poems about Tiberius?
(a) Agrippina
(b) Claudius
(c) Castor
(d) Livia

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

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

13. With Tiberius gone, who was left in charge of the Roman Empire?
(a) Nero
(b) Caligula
(c) Sejanus
(d) Livia

14. What did the oracle at the Temple of Fortune tell Caligula?
(a) Beware of Cassius.
(b) You will be safe in Eqypt.
(c) Do not perform in public.
(d) Fear the Tiger!

15. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?
(a) Livia sent her away to an island.
(b) She killed herself in her cell.
(c) She was bribed to perjure herself.
(d) She was killed by agents of Sejanus.