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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Nero do to a boy named Sporus?

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

4. Vitellius is admired by many of the previous Caesars for his skill at what?

5. What is Galba's other main characteristic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Otho commit suicide?

3. Why does Galba remain inactive in his governorship?

4. How does Nero try to strengthen his voice?

5. Where do Otho's troops think they are going to, when he sends them out of Rome?

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

7. How did Vespasian offend Nero?

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

9. When does Galba have his first public appointment?

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

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