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

2. Why does Galba remain inactive during his governorship?
(a) So Nero cannot take it away from him.
(b) So that he doesn't have to do anything.
(c) So Nero cannot punish him.
(d) So that he can study music.

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

4. What does Nero have which makes it hard for him to perform?
(a) Bad stage fright.
(b) Bad eyesight.
(c) Bad habits.
(d) Bad instruments.

5. What was on the tree where the eagle took the entrails Galba was holding?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Birds.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vitellius greets everyone, including private soldiers, with what?

2. Once Nero has someone kill his mother what haunts him?

3. When Otho gets older, he captures drunken wanderers and throws them where?

4. In what month was Vespasian born?

5. Lepida bears Galba how many sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Otho's friends do when Galba and Piso are killed?

2. How does Nero try to strengthen his voice?

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

4. What does Nero study in his music lessons?

5. How did Vespasian offend Nero?

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

7. When does Galba have his first public appointment?

8. What is Galba given for his military achievements in Africa.

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

10. What does Vespasian do in Britain when Claudius is Emperor?

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