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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. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Sejanus and Livia
(b) Nerva and Vispania
(c) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(d) Nerva and Thrasyllus

2. Who persuades Claudius to accept the position?
(a) Messalina
(b) Calpurnia
(c) Caesonia
(d) Vitellius

3. What name did Caligula start using in his divine form?
(a) Julius
(b) Jove
(c) Juno
(d) Jupiter

4. How does Tiberius die?
(a) He gets a chill from traveling.
(b) Caligula stabs him in the heart.
(c) He dies quietly of old age.
(d) Macro smothers him with a pillow.

5. Who is Claudius surprised to find in his bedroom?
(a) A hired assassin
(b) His wife, Urgulanilla
(c) His nephew, Caligula
(d) His brother's wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Urgulania tell Claudius about her future?

2. What does Claudius miss most when he is staying in Carthage?

3. Who does Caligula marry Claudius to?

4. How old is Caligula when he becomes emperor?

5. How did Antonia die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Germanicus accuse of murdering him?

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

3. What does Messalina tell Claudius about becoming emperor?

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

5. How does Caligula manage to ride a horse across the Bay of Baiæ?

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

7. How does Sejanus arrange for Claudius's divorce?

8. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?

9. What metaphor does Claudius use to describe Tiberius's rule?

10. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?

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