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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. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(b) They would have been attacked by the people there.
(c) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(d) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
2. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
(a) Vitellius
(b) Calpurnia
(c) Messalina
(d) Caesonia
3. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?
(a) No one was sure if Caligula was mortal or immortal.
(b) Most of the people in Rome still loved Caligula.
(c) The German bodyguards were fanatically devoted to him.
(d) Caligula had a strong network of spies in the palace.
4. One of Caligula's first acts is to:
(a) Declare war on Carthage
(b) Declare a general amnesty
(c) Dissolve the Senate
(d) Make his grandmother a Goddess
5. What does Livia tell Claudius about himself?
(a) That he is going to kill Tiberius
(b) That he is going to avenge Caligula's death
(c) That he is going to become a God
(d) That he is going to conquer Britain
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Calpurnia ask Claudius for instead of presents?
2. Cassius Chærea was disgusted when Caligula made him:
3. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?
4. What does Claudius say about Nero, Germanicus's eldest son?
5. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Calpurnia give Claudius about his position in the palace?
2. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?
3. What metaphor does Claudius use to describe Tiberius's rule?
4. How does Caligula manage to ride a horse across the Bay of Baiæ?
5. Why does Claudius advise Agrippina to make friends with Nerva and Vipsania?
6. How does Sejanus arrange for Claudius's divorce?
7. What makes Germanicus happy about being appointed to oversee the eastern provinces?
8. What reason does Livia give for Tiberius making Caligula his successor?
9. What does Messalina tell Claudius about becoming emperor?
10. Why does Livia play up the rivalry between Sejanus and Castor to Tiberius?
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