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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. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?
(a) He asks an old soldier to deliver a verbal message.
(b) He encloses a note in a package of fruit.
(c) He sends Claudius a book with a hidden message in it.
(d) He hires a prostitute to pass a letter to Claudius.

2. What attitude does Livia take towards Postumus?
(a) She decribes him as very gentle and loving.
(b) She supports him as Augustus's last grandson.
(c) She paints him as ambitious and rude to Augustus.
(d) She suggests that he be given more honors.

3. What is Claudius's full name?
(a) Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
(b) Tiberius Claudius
(c) Tiberius Claudius Germanicus
(d) Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Caesar

4. What does Claudius shout when he is told about Augustus's death?
(a) That's it! I'm a dead man!
(b) Poison is Queen!
(c) Long live the Republic!
(d) Poor Postumus!

5. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?
(a) That he had decided to free Postumus
(b) He wanted to give Claudius a public office
(c) That he was not interested in being a God
(d) That he had made changes to his will

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tiberius adopts Germanicus, Claudius's brother is brought into which family?

2. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

4. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?

5. The key to Livia and Augustus's higher cipher was found in the first chapter of. . .

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claudius find out that his letters to Germanicus are being intercepted?

2. Why is Germanicus's support necessary to redeem Postumus in Rome?

3. How does Germanicus keep the Roman regiments from revolting?

4. What argument does Tiberius use with Germanicus to get him to return to Rome?

5. What does Pollio imply about the death of Claudius's grandfather?

6. What book does Claudius write after finishing his history on Augustus's religious reforms?

7. Explain the meaning of the prophecy that the Oracle Sibyl told to Claudius?

8. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?

9. Why is Rome so vulnerable to attack by the German forces after Varus dies?

10. Why does Augustus refuse to eat or drink anything but bread, water, and figs straight from the tree?

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