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

2. Why does Caligula start to become unpopular?
(a) He orders so many holidays that no work can get done.
(b) He pushes hundreds of people into the water to drown.
(c) He stops holding games to punish the citizens for booing.
(d) He begins ordering everyone to wear the color green.

3. How did Afer escape death when he was tried by Caligula for treason?
(a) He offered to let Caligula sleep with his wife.
(b) He flattered Caligula on his oratorical style.
(c) He bribed Caligula to deliver a non-guilty verdict.
(d) He left town before the trial started.

4. The Senator Incitatus was:
(a) The first non-Roman Senator
(b) An actor who made fun of Senators
(c) Caligula's favorite race horse
(d) Senator Gallus's nephew

5. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?
(a) Nerva is killed by Caligula.
(b) Nerva simply stops eating one day.
(c) Nerva learns the truth about Tiberius.
(d) Nerva asks to go back to Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caligula begin to dread after he tortures Brassus?

2. What finally happens to Plancina?

3. What does Germanicus fear Plancina is doing?

4. Where do the looting soldiers find Claudius?

5. Who does Caligula marry Claudius to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Messalina tell Claudius about becoming emperor?

2. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?

3. Why does Livia play up the rivalry between Sejanus and Castor to Tiberius?

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

5. What reason does Livia give for Tiberius making Caligula his successor?

6. Why does Claudius advise Agrippina to make friends with Nerva and Vipsania?

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

8. How does Caligula wage war on Neptune?

9. How does a lizard foretell Tiberius's death?

10. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?

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