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

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

4. Which religious sect does Nero severely punish?
(a) The Muslims.
(b) The Aesthians.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Christians.

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

6. The soldiers present at his death kiss what part of Otho?
(a) His eyes and ears.
(b) His heart and head.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His hands and feet.

7. To where are Nero's two foreign tours planned?
(a) Greece and Germany.
(b) Britain and Alexandria.
(c) Britain and Germany.
(d) Alexandria and Greece.

8. How long does Otho govern the place he is banished to?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Nine years.

9. What kind of tree does the eagle take the entrails Galba was holding to?
(a) An oak tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) An olive tree.
(d) An evergreen tree.

10. Vespasian starts a civil war after who is assassinated?
(a) Vitellius.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Otho.
(d) Nero.

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

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

13. How many times does Nero try to poison his mother?
(a) Five times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Six times.
(d) Four times.

14. The armies of what country do not acknowledge Otho as their leader?
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Spain.

15. When Vitellius says that the battalions in Rome have had a disgraceful lapse in discipline, what does he do to them?
(a) Disbands them.
(b) Demotes them.
(c) Beats them.
(d) Fines them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Galba's two main characteristics?

2. Galba takes the governorship in what region?

3. Vitellius spends his childhood as one of Tiberius's what?

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

5. Because he was a wild child, Otho was often what?

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