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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many battles does Vespasian fight in Britain when Claudius was emperor?
(a) 40.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.
2. What does Nero have which makes it hard for him to perform?
(a) Bad stage fright.
(b) Bad habits.
(c) Bad instruments.
(d) Bad eyesight.
3. Vespasian dreams that his family will prosper after Nero loses what?
(a) A tooth.
(b) His throne.
(c) A shoe.
(d) His life.
4. Why does Galba remain inactive during his governorship?
(a) So that he can study music.
(b) So that he doesn't have to do anything.
(c) So Nero cannot punish him.
(d) So Nero cannot take it away from him.
5. Vitellius spends his childhood as one of Tiberius's what?
(a) Male teachers.
(b) Male guards.
(c) Male prostitutes.
(d) Male servants.
6. Townships that are slow to receive Galba as Emperor are punished with what?
(a) Loss of legal rights.
(b) Death of some citizens.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Severe taxes.
7. Who is believed to have pinched Galba's cheek when he was a child and said, "you too will taste a little power child?"
(a) Claudius.
(b) Nero.
(c) Julius.
(d) Augustus.
8. Vespasian starts a civil war after who is assassinated?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Nero.
(c) Otho.
(d) Vitellius.
9. What line is extinct when Nero dies?
(a) The mentally-ill line.
(b) The Augustine line.
(c) The Caesar line.
(d) The Julian line.
10. By what pool is Galba murdered?
(a) The University pool.
(b) The Curian pool.
(c) The Forum pool.
(d) The Senatorial pool.
11. When Nero has to sign execution orders, he says he wishes he had never learned how to do what?
(a) Write.
(b) Speak.
(c) Read.
(d) Rule.
12. After an omen saying there will be a civil war, what brings a human hand to Vespasian?
(a) A bird.
(b) A servant.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.
13. Who does Vitellius have to outlive, according to the prophecy, so that he can live long and reign securely?
(a) His sons.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughters.
(d) His wife.
14. Who kills Galba?
(a) A mob.
(b) Some women.
(c) A soldier.
(d) His servants.
15. What did Nero do to a boy named Sporus?
(a) Steal him.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Castrate him.
(d) Kill him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Vitellius was a knight and steward to whom?
2. To where are Nero's two foreign tours planned?
3. What was on the tree where the eagle took the entrails Galba was holding?
4. When Otho sends his troops to meet Vitellius' troops, where to they think they are going?
5. How many times does Nero try to poison his mother?
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