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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Agrippa related to Augustus?

2. Why does Augustus banish his daughter?

3. Why does Julius choose to govern Gaul?

4. What type of illness might account for Gaius's overconfidence and severe insecurities?

5. What does Augustus force Antony to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things did Gaius invent?

2. Why is Claudius never expected to be a Caesar?

3. Why does Augustus never invade another country?

4. Who does Tiberius let ravage the Roman Empire?

5. Why do people think Claudius was poisoned?

6. What does Claudius do that none of the other Caesars have done before him?

7. Who are some of the women Caesar had affairs with?

8. What is the peculiar method Caesar uses to raise the morale of his men?

9. What things does Tiberius neglect when he returns to Caprae from Campania?

10. What changes does Augustus make to the calendar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were so many of the Caesars murdered? Compare and contrast the deaths, causes of deaths, and reasons for the deaths, of at least three different Caesars. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book to support your answer, explain why being a priest, or holding priesthoods, was important for the Caesars.

Essay Topic 3

Select one Caesar from the book and explain why his downfall was the worst and what caused his downfall. Use evidence from the book in support of your answer.

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