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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. When Tiberius adopts Germanicus, Claudius's brother is brought into which family?
(a) The Claudian Family
(b) The Drusillan Family
(c) The Julian Family
(d) The Tiberian Family
2. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Send it to Augustus
(b) Read it aloud immediately
(c) Throw it into the fire
(d) Send it back unread
3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(b) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(c) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(d) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.
4. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?
(a) Her personal physician
(b) A letter, denouncing him
(c) A bag containing golden coins
(d) A box filled with poisoned food
5. Who was the Crocodile?
(a) A freedman who had worked for Postumus's father.
(b) A helpful librarian at the temple of Apollo in Rome.
(c) One of the men who guarded Postumus on the island.
(d) One of the Roman Guards at the Imperial palace.
Short Answer Questions
1. What excuse does Claudius give to his mother for selling his property?
2. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?
3. What does the name "Caligula" mean?
4. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?
5. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Claudius find out that his letters to Germanicus are being intercepted?
2. What is deification?
3. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?
4. Why does Germanicus send his wife Agrippina, back to Rome?
5. Why does Augustus refuse to eat or drink anything but bread, water, and figs straight from the tree?
6. Why does Tiberius need Livia's help in running the government?
7. Describe the book that Livia writes
8. Why does Claudius wait until Germanicus returns to Rome to tell him that Postumus was innocent?
9. What praise does Claudius give to his grandmother, Livia?
10. How does Claudius describe his father's relationship to his troops?
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