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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Gauls attack Nero after how many years of his rule?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Thirteen.

2. Where does Otho stab himself in order to commit suicide?
(a) His neck.
(b) His lungs.
(c) His brain.
(d) His heart.

3. Lepida bears Galba how many sons?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What does the human hand symbolize to Vespasian?
(a) Great wisdom.
(b) Great knowledge.
(c) Great power.
(d) Great strength.

5. What does Nero love and begin training in at an early age?
(a) Breeding horses.
(b) Music.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Dance.

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

7. When Otho gets older, he captures drunken wanderers and throws them where?
(a) In the ocean.
(b) In blankets.
(c) In the sewers.
(d) In pools.

8. Vitellius killed a perosn who asked him for a glass of what?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Juice.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

9. What line is extinct when Nero dies?
(a) The Julian line.
(b) The mentally-ill line.
(c) The Caesar line.
(d) The Augustine line.

10. Vitellius was a knight and steward to whom?
(a) Julius.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Nero.

11. What does Nero have which makes it hard for him to perform?
(a) Bad habits.
(b) Bad instruments.
(c) Bad eyesight.
(d) Bad stage fright.

12. How many times does Otho stab himself before he dies?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Once.

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

14. People believe that Otho killed whom so that Rome's liberty and government could be restored?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Nero.
(d) Galba.

15. By what pool is Galba murdered?
(a) The Curian pool.
(b) The University pool.
(c) The Forum pool.
(d) The Senatorial pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vitellius is admired by many of the previous Caesars for his skill at what?

2. Vespasian is part of what family?

3. What does Nero do to part of Rome when he is "disgusted with the drab old buildings?"

4. Nero expels what kind of actors from the city?

5. Who does Galba choose as an adopted son instead of Otho?

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