How Politically Astute are YOU?

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  1. Which group composed the First Triumverate?
     a) Pompey, Crassus, Caesar.
    b) Caesar, Pompey, Cicero.
    c) Pompey, Cleopatra, Cato.
    d) Antony, Catalina, Vercingetorix.

  2. Which of the following pairs were famed archnemises?
     a) Marius and Sulla.
    b) Marius and Pompey.
    c) Pompey and Julia.
    d) Pompeia and Pomponia.

  3. Pick out the female in the following list.
     a) Calpurnia.
    b) Sulla.
    c) Catalina.
    d) Claudius Pulcher.

  4. Who was elected Consul a seventh time, violating the Roman constitution?
     a) Marius.
    b) Caesar.
    c) Sulla.
    d) Hadrian's Wall.

  5. If you want to drive a Tribune (legally untouchable) from town, what should you do?
     a) Pelt his friends with roof tiles.
    b) Pelt him with roof tiles.
    c) Dump a bucket of "filth" on his head.
    d) Rip open his toga in public and guffaw.

  6. You want to give your co-consul a really nasty nickname. You call him:
     a) Agamemnon.
    b) Cule.
    c) Son of a She-Wolf.
    d) Magnus.

  7. You're in a hurry to get to the forum, but your father's in the way. You:
     a) Yell a warning while swerving off.
    b) Halt the chariot until he walks off.
    c) Invite him along for the ride.
    d) Run over him, giggling joyously.

  8. An Equestrian (Knight) has the right to the following:
     a) A public horse.
    b) A public bath.
    c) A public toga.
    d) A public house.

  9. The entrance of an important official is serenaded with what instrument?
     a) A curly horn thing.
    b) A trumpet.
    c) A bassoon.
    d) A low, sweet, melancholy harmonica, played by a yokel.

  10. A Tribune introduces some radical land reforms. As an optimate, you:
     a) Oppose it vehemently.
    b) Cheer it on.
    c) Dissolve the senate, and the courts as an afterthought.
    d) Kick his ass, and your own as an afterthought.
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