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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Vitellius greets everyone, including private soldiers, with what?
(a) Hugs.
(b) Money.
(c) Kisses.
(d) Flowers.

4. What year was Vitellius born?
(a) 13 AD.
(b) 12 AD.
(c) 14 AD.
(d) 11 AD.

5. A prophet of what tells Vitellius the conditions under which he will live long and reign securely?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Ares.
(d) Chatti.

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

7. According to rumor, where is Vitellius planning to transfer the troops in Germany?
(a) Egpyt.
(b) Spain.
(c) The Orient.
(d) The West.

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

9. 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) Julius.
(b) Nero.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Augustus.

10. In what month was Vespasian born?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) November.

11. The soldiers who are with Otho when he kills himself end up doing what?
(a) Starting a new government.
(b) Killing themselves.
(c) Running away.
(d) Destroying the palace.

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

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

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

15. Because he was a wild child, Otho was often what?
(a) Beaten.
(b) Imprisoned.
(c) Starved.
(d) Scolded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Otho stab himself in order to commit suicide?

2. How old is Nero when he is adopted by Claudius?

3. Who kills Galba?

4. By what pool is Galba murdered?

5. Until Nero's death, Galba never went anywhere without what?

(see the answer keys)

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