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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Athenodorus?
(a) Claudius's best friend
(b) Antonia's steward
(c) Claudius's favorite tutor
(d) Antonia's new husband
2. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?
(a) The proper way to write history
(b) The Empire and the Republic
(c) Which god is most powerful
(d) Who will succeed Augustus
3. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?
(a) Augustus Caesar
(b) Nero
(c) Pompey
(d) Claudius
4. What is Pollio's profession?
(a) Statesman
(b) Philosopher
(c) General
(d) Historian
5. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?
(a) Hebrew
(b) English
(c) Greek
(d) Latin
Short Answer Questions
1. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?
2. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?
3. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?
4. Who is Flavius?
5. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Germanicus send his wife Agrippina, back to Rome?
2. Describe the book that Livia writes
3. How does Claudius describe his father's relationship to his troops?
4. How does Claudius feel about his son, Drusillus?
5. What book does Claudius write after finishing his history on Augustus's religious reforms?
6. Why does Augustus refuse to eat or drink anything but bread, water, and figs straight from the tree?
7. Why does Livia not expose Drusus's plan to dethrone Augustus?
8. How does Claudius describe Urgulanilla?
9. What does Pollio imply about the death of Claudius's grandfather?
10. What argument does Tiberius use with Germanicus to get him to return to Rome?
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