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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Vologaesus?
(a) King of the Florintines.
(b) King of the Parthians.
(c) King of the Athenians.
(d) King of the Spartans.

3. Who is Rubria?
(a) A Vestal Virgin.
(b) A priestess.
(c) Nero's mother.
(d) Nero's sister.

4. When Nero tries to molest a senator's wife, what does the senator do to Nero?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Beat him.
(c) Sleep with his wife.
(d) Rob him.

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

6. Who leads the Gauls in their attack against Nero?
(a) Galba.
(b) Gladius.
(c) Gavinius.
(d) Galata.

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) Augustus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Julius.

8. Vespasian is part of what family?
(a) The Flavian family.
(b) The Slavican family.
(c) The Brutian family.
(d) The Tuscan family.

9. How many large banquets per day does Vitellius have?
(a) Two or three.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Three or four.
(d) One or two.

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

11. After an omen saying there will be a civil war, what brings a human hand to Vespasian?
(a) A servant.
(b) A cat.
(c) A bird.
(d) A dog.

12. In what month is Otho born?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) April.

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

14. Who does Galba choose as an adopted son instead of Otho?
(a) Piso.
(b) Priusus.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Ptolemy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What line is extinct when Nero dies?

2. Vitellius killed a perosn who asked him for a glass of what?

3. How many archers does Vologaesus promise Vespasian?

4. The Gauls attack Nero after how many years of his rule?

5. The soldiers present at his death kiss what part of Otho?

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