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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Caligula when he becomes emperor?
(a) Thirty years old
(b) Twenty-five years old
(c) Thirty-five years old
(d) Twenty years old

2. Who is the first person that Caligula ordered killed after taking the throne?
(a) Drusilla
(b) Antonia
(c) Cassius
(d) Gemellus

3. What does Claudius advise the old Sergeant to do?
(a) Leave the regiment and never look back again
(b) Keep his sword with him during Caligula's assembly
(c) Compliment Caligula as much as he possibly can
(d) Never turn his back on any of the German guards

4. Who warns Claudius about the draining of the treasury?
(a) Antonia
(b) Caligula
(c) Calpurnia
(d) Macro

5. What does Claudius say about Nero, Germanicus's eldest son?
(a) He was the only really good child of Germanicus.
(b) He was not as smart as people thought he was.
(c) He was the only child to show polite behavior.
(d) He was prone to moods and easily corrupted.

6. What does Livia do to embarrass Tiberius?
(a) Publishes his love letters to Vispania
(b) Hires an actor to caracature him in public
(c) Denounces him in front of the Senate
(d) Gives a public reading of Augustus's letters

7. What, according to Claudius, was a great turning point in Tiberius's reign?
(a) The Senate honoring Sejanus
(b) The death of Livia
(c) The retirement to Capri
(d) Sejanus banishing Nero

8. 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 did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
(d) They would have been attacked by the people there.

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

10. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?
(a) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head
(b) Beats her senseless with a vine sapling
(c) Promises to help her any way that he can
(d) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber

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

12. What does Livia call Caligula?
(a) An artist
(b) A monster
(c) A sweetheart
(d) Very handsome

13. Where was Claudius when Caligula was assassinated?
(a) With Calpurnia, at his small villa
(b) Walking about twenty paces behind him
(c) Sitting in the seats at the theater
(d) Waiting for him at the Palace

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

15. What name did Caligula start using in his divine form?
(a) Julius
(b) Jupiter
(c) Jove
(d) Juno

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?

2. Where is Germanicus sent after finishing his Consulship?

3. Where did Tiberius live once he left Rome?

4. Who does Caligula marry Claudius to?

5. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?

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