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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vitellius is admired by many of the previous Caesars for his skill at what?
(a) Art.
(b) Knife fighting.
(c) Music.
(d) Chariot driving.

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

3. The soldiers who kiss Otho when he dies, say that Otho was the ________ man they had ever known.
(a) Most selfish.
(b) Most arrogant.
(c) Greatest.
(d) Bravest.

4. Galba had how many wives?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. Who helps Nero commit suicide?
(a) His bodyguard.
(b) His secretary.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

6. Nero makes Otho Poppaea's what?
(a) Protector.
(b) Bodyguard.
(c) Son.
(d) Confidant.

7. In what year is Otho born?
(a) 35 AD.
(b) 41 AD.
(c) 39 AD.
(d) 32 AD.

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

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

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

11. Nero expels what kind of actors from the city?
(a) Professional actors.
(b) Pantomime actors.
(c) Tragic actors.
(d) Comedic actors.

12. Galba wins what types of awards for his military achievements in Africa?
(a) Senatorial awards.
(b) Monetary awards.
(c) Memorial awards.
(d) Triumphal awards.

13. What is one of Galba's two main characteristics?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Absurdity.
(d) Brutality.

14. What is the first thing that facilitates Vespasian's ascension to Ceasar?
(a) A letter from Otho.
(b) A letter from Vitellius.
(c) A letter from Galba.
(d) A letter from Nero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Vitellius says that the battalions in Rome have had a disgraceful lapse in discipline, what does he do to them?

2. Galba takes the governorship in what region?

3. Who kills Galba?

4. What year was Vitellius born?

5. What was on the tree where the eagle took the entrails Galba was holding?

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