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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 number did Germanicus consider especially unlucky?
(a) Three
(b) Twenty-five
(c) Seven
(d) Thirteen

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

3. What does Urgulanilla say about Claudius in her will?
(a) I did not hate him.
(b) He was much nicer than you would think.
(c) He was the only man I ever loved.
(d) He is no fool.

4. What does Livia tell Claudius about her own death?
(a) That she is planning to commit suicide
(b) That she will be murdered by Tiberius
(c) That she wants him to plan her funeral
(d) That she knows the very day she will die

5. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They immediately order punishment.
(b) They rise up and refuse to accept it.
(c) They are shocked into silence.
(d) They hold a long debate on the issue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?

2. How does Caligula react to Cassius's story of a German ambush?

3. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?

4. Why did Tiberius allow Agrippina to remain alive and free?

5. One of Caligula's first acts is to:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What power does Livia still hold over Tiberius?

3. What does Caligula tell Livia as she is dying?

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

5. What advice does Calpurnia give Claudius about his position in the palace?

6. How does Caligula wage war on Neptune?

7. Why does Agrippina become alienated from Claudius?

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

9. What does Claudius hope will happen once Caligula announces his new status as a God?

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

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