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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nero took Poppaea from her husband to be what?
(a) His slave.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His wife.

2. At what age does Gaius die?
(a) 29.
(b) 26.
(c) 27.
(d) 28.

3. What was Galba's grandfather invoking when an eagle came to take the entrails he held?
(a) Sacrificial thunder.
(b) Sacrificial rains.
(c) Sacrificial lightning.
(d) Sacrificial sun.

4. In what district does Gaius begin building an aqueduct?
(a) Liverus.
(b) Senate.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Temple.

5. How does a commoner try to kill Claudius?
(a) By running him over with a horse.
(b) By stabbing him.
(c) By poisoning him.
(d) By tripping him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldiers who kiss Otho when he dies, say that Otho was the ________ man they had ever known.

2. After his retirement, when he attempts to return to Rome a second time, a soothsayer says there is what waiting for Tiberius in Rome?

3. When Nero tries to molest a senator's wife, what does the senator do to Nero?

4. The soldiers who are with Otho when he kills himself end up doing what?

5. Who tried to make Julius divorce his wife, Cornelia?

(see the answer key)

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