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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Otho.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A group of ______ try to kill Claudius after the commoner fails.
(a) Children.
(b) Servants.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Women.

2. What did Nero do to a boy named Sporus?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Castrate him.
(d) Steal him.

3. What is the name of Julius and Cornelia's daughter?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Anna.
(d) Julia.

4. How is Julius Caesar killed?
(a) Assasination.
(b) By accident.
(c) In battle.
(d) Poison.

5. What was on the tree where the eagle took the entrails Galba was holding?
(a) Acorns.
(b) Birds.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surname is Gaius given as a joke?

2. On what day in September was Augustus born?

3. In what year was Gaius born?

4. When Tiberius retires from the public eye, he makes the young men and women dress up as what?

5. Who kills Galba?

(see the answer key)

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