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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 Caligula make his sisters do to earn their keep?
(a) Go out begging on the streets
(b) Sing and dance at the theater
(c) Prostitute themselves to wealthy noblemen
(d) Make tapestries and pots to sell
2. Claudius's nickname of "Teruncius" translates to:
(a) One Farthing
(b) Tuppenny
(c) Chipped Stone
(d) Naughty Goat
3. What were the spoils of Caligula's war on Neptune?
(a) Ropes of black pearls
(b) Cartloads of seaweed
(c) Boxes of seashells
(d) Lobsters and jellyfish
4. What thought does Claudius comfort himself with as he is made emperor?
(a) That Livia was right about him after all
(b) That people will finally want to read his books
(c) That he was able to save his wife and young son
(d) That he will be able to restore the Republic soon
5. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?
(a) Seeing Agrippina off at the harbor
(b) Eating dinner with Tiberius
(c) Just outside the Senate building
(d) Returning to Rome from his villa
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Egypt so important to Rome?
2. What was the outcome of Senator Gallus's trial?
3. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?
4. Which crime did Caligula reinstate as a capital crime?
5. Agrippina asks Tiberius for permission to marry who?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does a lizard foretell Tiberius's death?
2. What power does Livia still hold over Tiberius?
3. How does Antonia discover the plot against Tiberius?
4. How does Claudius save the lives of the three noblemen who accompany him to Lyons?
5. Who are the only male Claudians left by the time Tiberius dies?
6. Why does Claudius advise Agrippina to make friends with Nerva and Vipsania?
7. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?
8. What metaphor does Claudius use to describe Tiberius's rule?
9. Why is Livia so insistent on becoming a Goddess?
10. How does Caligula wage war on Neptune?
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