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

2. What does Nero do to part of Rome when he is "disgusted with the drab old buildings?"
(a) Set fire to it.
(b) Demolish it.
(c) Flood it.
(d) Fight a war game in it.

3. Vitellius is Governor of what location?
(a) Arabia.
(b) Liberitum.
(c) Africa.
(d) Germany.

4. Vespasian dreams that his family will prosper after Nero loses what?
(a) A shoe.
(b) His throne.
(c) A tooth.
(d) His life.

5. By what pool is Galba murdered?
(a) The Curian pool.
(b) The Forum pool.
(c) The Senatorial pool.
(d) The University pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nero took Poppaea from her husband to be what?

2. Who helps Nero commit suicide?

3. What does Nero have which makes it hard for him to perform?

4. Who is Vologaesus?

5. Vespasian starts a civil war after who is assassinated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Otho commit suicide?

2. How did Vespasian offend Nero?

3. What is the reaction of the Roman citizens to Nero's death?

4. Why does the population have a good opinion of Vitellius?

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

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

7. Why does Nero set parts of Rome on fire?

8. When does Vespasian have time for his friends?

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

10. When do Vespasian's feeling about being unprepared to lead go away?

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