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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. What does Livia beg Claudius to do for her?
(a) Protect her great-grandchildren
(b) Make sure she is deified
(c) Restore the Republic
(d) Tell the true history of Rome

2. Why did Tiberius allow Agrippina to remain alive and free?
(a) She was the mother of his grandchildren.
(b) He still had warm feelings for Germanicus.
(c) He was hoping she would consent to marry him.
(d) She was still under Livia's protection.

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

4. One of Caligula's first acts is to:
(a) Declare war on Carthage
(b) Make his grandmother a Goddess
(c) Dissolve the Senate
(d) Declare a general amnesty

5. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?
(a) Caligula had a strong network of spies in the palace.
(b) The German bodyguards were fanatically devoted to him.
(c) No one was sure if Caligula was mortal or immortal.
(d) Most of the people in Rome still loved Caligula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius advise the old Sergeant to do?

2. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?

3. What does Livia tell Claudius about himself?

4. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:

5. What does Urgulanilla say about Claudius in her will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the actor, Mnester, prevent a massacre?

2. Describe some of Caligula's methods for raising money.

3. What does Cassius threaten to do if the other conspirators refuse to go through with the plot?

4. How does Caligula wage war on Neptune?

5. Why is Livia so insistent on becoming a Goddess?

6. What happens as a result of Caligula's illness?

7. What does Messalina tell Claudius about becoming emperor?

8. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?

9. How does Claudius assist in preparing the case against Piso?

10. Who are the three main conspirators in the plot to assassinate Caligula?

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