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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?

2. When does Tiberius repay Germanicus for the gold coins he gave to the soldiers?

3. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

4. What does the name "Caligula" mean?

5. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the book that Livia writes

2. Why is Rome so vulnerable to attack by the German forces after Varus dies?

3. Why does Livia not expose Drusus's plan to dethrone Augustus?

4. Why is it better for Claudius that Livia thinks he is an idiot?

5. How does Livia get rid of Postumus?

6. How does Claudius find out that his letters to Germanicus are being intercepted?

7. What does Pollio imply about the death of Claudius's grandfather?

8. Why is Germanicus's support necessary to redeem Postumus in Rome?

9. Explain the meaning of the prophecy that the Oracle Sibyl told to Claudius?

10. What is deification?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Were the Romans more superstitious than modern people? Or did they simply have different superstitions? Write a paper contrasting the superstitions held by Ancient Romans with the superstitions we hold today.

Essay Topic 2

Is this novel simply an entertaining story, or are there parallels to our modern world? Write an essay identifying and analyzing any parallels you can find, whether social, political, or moral, to our modern world.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that addresses the differences (or similarities) between marriage and divorce in Ancient Rome and in our modern world.

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