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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 dog.
(d) A bird.

2. When Nero has to sign execution orders, he says he wishes he had never learned how to do what?
(a) Read.
(b) Rule.
(c) Write.
(d) Speak.

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

4. Vitellius killed a perosn who asked him for a glass of what?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Wine.
(c) Juice.
(d) Water.

5. Vitellius was a knight and steward to whom?
(a) Julius.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Claudius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many archers does Vologaesus promise Vespasian?

2. Who does Galba choose as an adopted son instead of Otho?

3. What is Galba's other main characteristic?

4. Who is Rubria?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nero study in his music lessons?

2. What does Otho do to drunken wanderers?

3. What is one of the games Nero plays at night when he makes the rounds of the taverns?

4. What happens to townships that are slow to receive Galba as Emperor?

5. Why does Otho commit suicide?

6. How did Vitellius secure his father's first advancement?

7. How does Otho get to be Nero's confidant?

8. How did Vitellius kill a person who asked him for water?

9. What is believed to have happened when Augustus saw Galba as a little boy?

10. What happens during the eighth month of his reign?

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