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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. Where does Nero banish Otho when Otho falls in love with his mistress?

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

3. Who is believed to have pinched Galba's cheek when he was a child and said, "you too will taste a little power child?"

4. How long does Otho govern the place he is banished to?

5. Nero knows he cannot beat the Gauls and so he tears what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Vespasian offend Nero?

2. What does Otho do to drunken wanderers?

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

4. Why does Galba remain inactive in his governorship?

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

6. When does Galba have his first public appointment?

7. What is irrational about Nero's preparations when Galba is bringing troops to Rome?

8. Why does Otho commit suicide?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the Caesars were known to be mentally ill. Were all of the Caesars mentally ill, even the ones the author does not state were mentally ill? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

"I came, I saw, I conquered," is Julius Caesar's famous saying. How does that saying represent his time as Caesar? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, answer the following question: What role do women have in the lives and reigns of the Caesars?

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