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ROMANS QUIZ

ANNOUNCEMENT: The information on this page is based on channeled material. It is not gathered from history books. Do not use anything here in school projects. Do not come here to learn anything, in case it is not true. But allow yourself to think, to imagine, and to enter into the world of Romans!

You think you know the Romans? The pages recorded in history from the Roman time were often political propaganda, with unfavorable information deleted or simply not mentioned, heroic acts which pleased the gods and honored Rome highlighted. And then misinterpreted when read in the future. Try this quiz on things I have learned by speaking to the Romans channeled! This is also a quiz to show you some of the interesting facts that are contained in the channelings! Many of these questions are difficult, but fun to find out the right answer!

Here's how you play: click on the option you think is the right answer to find out if you were correct! Most of the questions have more than one right answer.

1. Which one of these Romans, when channeled, proved to be by far the most talkative out of these four and had the most to say?
A. Lucullus
B. Sulla Felix
C. Julius Caesar
D. Pompeius Magnus

2. Which TWO of these Roman men did I the author fall in love with and would have wanted to marry could I only have transported myself into his time? (Though doubtful that they would have been able to accept a woman of my social standing as their wife.)
A. Julius Caesar
B. Aulus Vitellius
C. Sulla Felix
D. Quintus Hortensius Hortalus
E. Nero
F. Emperor Titus
BONUS. I also had a crush on Emperor Constantine, he is dashing!

3. What seems to be the favorite beverage of Romans?
A. Tea brewed from potion plants
B. Red wine
C. Milk
D. Good spring water from healing springs

4. What seems to be the favorite food among Romans, cherished by those who get to eat it, coveted by those who can't?
A. Eel, regarded for its potent properties
B. Oysters from the shore, delicious and coveted
C. The pomegranate fruit, because it was the fruit from the gods
D. Prime roast of deer, only found from the mountains

5. Which of these, and more than one could be the right answer, were ways in which the gods communicated to the Romans?
A. The way the wind blows
B. A comet is a great sign from the gods!
C. Roman priests rotated a marble orb floating in a dish of oil, and the pattern of motion revealed information
D. If lightning strikes at the time of a special moment in an important person's life, it is a sign of approval by the gods
A. "We also threw the dice!", said Julius Caesar

6. Which of these Roman men seemed to prefer male lovers rather than female ones?
A. Nero
B. Julius Caesar
C. Sulla Felix
D. Pompeius Magnus

7. How did Julius Caesar react towards me when he found out that I seemed to have sided with Pompeius Magnus, whom Caesar had exiled from his house?
A. Julius said nothing, as he would not listen to a woman, a simple one like me, about important family matters such as these
B. Julius asked me to pour him some wine, since he thought I was one of his servants, and then he asked me to run over to the house of Pompeius Magnus to deliver the good news that Pompeius was back in Rome
C. Julius Caesar was happy, he called for a celebration, cried, and wanted to welcome back his beloved son-in-law to his home, and thought that I was good news!
D. Caesar cries real tears and says to have my head shaved, me sent to the slavehouse of Justus, and exiled from Rome

8. How do the Greek religious scholars react to seeing me, a woman, approach them for a chat about Greek life and religion?
A. They say they will not talk to me, because I am not a boy
B. You would think that I had stripped myself naked, rubbed my naked body all over them, grabbed them in their privates, and said "Take me! Now! I mean it!", because they blush and become incredibly sexually aroused and uncomfortable with my mere presence which deeply molests them
C. They bow deeply, welcome me, ask me what house I have come from, and offer me to sit down with them over a simple meal while they tell me ALL about the Greek gods and goddesses!
D. They recite to me the great legends of Greece in songs and poetry while playing a musical instrument such as the lyre, while urging me that I must remember everything by heart, so that I can carry the wisdom back to my own people when I return home with my ship
E. They do not react, since they are long since dead and cannot hear me, or they think that they are hearing things because they cannot see me there

9. How did Sulla Felix ruin his teeth?
A. Drunken barfights
B. His wife got angry for him cheating on her and knocked them out with a great big punch
C. By having his teeth pulled out for good luck at sea voyages
D. By drinking excessive amounts of honey straight from the jug

10. How does Pompeius Magnus react whenever I mention the topic of women or sex to him?
A. He becomes brave and stands in a masculine pose and gives me a list of all the women he has conquered in bed
B. He deeply blushes and gets a look all over him like a little schoolboy
C. He objects, and says that he is a homosexual and that he does not care at all about women
D. He forbids me from talking to him about women or sexual affairs

11. How does Sulla claim that he achieved greatness in the city of Rome?
A. He was a good military leader, a natural talent in warfare and politics
B. The wind gods showed favor to him
C. He was born into nobility by belonging to a noble family of Rome
D. He used tricks to bribe and threaten those who were his rivals to get ahead

12. Who was Pompeius Magnus' father?
A. Pompeius' father and family were part of Roman nobility and upper class elite, part of the political world in the center of Rome
B. His father was a wealthy, very famous and prominent, merchant who traded with other neighboring cultures
C. Pompeius does not know who his father was
D. Pompeius' father was a miner and slave
E. He was a religious priest of a smaller cult offshoot of the cult worship of Jupiter, situated at the mountain of Zeus

13. What woke up Gaius Marius early one morning, and what did he want to do in response to that?
A. There was a parade of elephants out in the street, to celebrate the victory that was had in a war. In response, Marius rushed out of his bed, because he had overslept for the event, and ordered all of his slaves to cook to join in the banquet to celebrate with the city of Rome.
B. The roof of his fine house had collapsed and Marius found himself wet from the rain that morning. In response, Marius had the builder executed and had to move himself into his own slavehouse for a few days while the roof was being repaired, while his slaves had to sleep in the room with the leaky roof.
C. Marius woke up from a dream that had left him in fever, it had given him an omen that he was the next high priest of Rome! In response, Marius divorced his wife, disowned his own children, and joined priesthood to serve the will of the gods, all while still being active in political and military life of Rome, all at the same time, and he calls it, "The busiest time of my life!".
D. He was woken up when the god in the volcano had lightly shook the ground with earthquakes and threatening to take down the house of Marius. In response, Marius dreamt of moving to a house by the coast, where he could eat the best oysters.

14. At the age of 12, Cornelia Africana was married to a man she did not love and who bit her in the sexual act. Meanwhile, Cornelia had her secret lover "Lustrus". What did Cornelia do to revenge to her undesirable husband, and how did her father react to her doing?
A. Cornelia prayed and she prayed, and she even talked to her mother. She sought advice from the female priesthood of the goddess of love, and finally she managed to fall in love with her husband. Her father cherished their reunion and he threw a banquet to celebrate.
B. On the first night after the husband had fallen asleep, she cut his throat with a knife since this was a way of killing that only a man could be suspected of doing, whereas women would be expected to poison an unwanted husband to death. Her father did a coverup and married her to another husband, one whom she liked much better, but who was not Lustrus.
C. Cornelia refused to have sex with her husband for two years, and she would openly have sex with both female and male slaves of the house just to make him angry. Her father responded by not responding, he did not think it was any matter of his to solve for them, they could handle it on their own, as he too had handled many disputes between him and his own wife before.
D. Cornelia disobeyed her father and her new husband and ran away with her secret lover Lustrus. Her father responded by having 100 men search for her, and both of them were found and he had Lustrus executed, and his daughter locked up for several weeks until he felt safe enough to let her walk around freely and unbound.

15. What could the wind gods do?
A. Wind gods could blow a person's leaf crown off their head to show disapproval that the person wears it, or not blow it off, showing approval
B. Wind gods gave dreams to people
C. They put wind in the sails on ships at sea, either favorably or unfavorably
D. Wind gods could whisper to people through the walls
E. Wind gods were the ones to give disease

16. What did the god of Mars do for Romans?
A. Mars was the god of warfare, it was good to have his support when going out into warfare, he could grant victory
B. Mars was the god of sex, and Romans would strip down naked and have sex with each other while in a room with lit fire torches to please the god of Mars who was watching
C. When a deceased Roman was cremated, burned in a fire, it was giving him or her to the god Mars
D. Mars was the god of good marriage, he ensured that Romans have many sons and fewer daughters, since Roman sons were a gift from god Mars
E. Roman soldiers did not wear warm pants in spite of the cold nights out at warfare and raids, because god Mars was meant to awaken in the soldiers and make them warm from the inside!
F. God Mars could give a person a fever, since Mars was the god of fire, and sometimes he takes the person away in death

17. How do most of the Roman men react when I, a woman, approach them to have a channeled conversation?
A. They want to invite me into their house for some good wine and good food, since I must be weary from all of my long travels to get here. They introduce me to their family.
B. They are ever so happy that a historian from the future - which I am - has come to talk to them about the Great Rome, and they are ever so eager to recount to me historical details from their life and from Rome!
C. They show me their penis by parting their toga, since they assume I am a slave sent to them by a man from the harbor so that they can have sex with me without any complications such as hugs or kisses or flirting or an introduction first.
D. They fear me since they think I am with the wind gods, because I seem to be talking to them through thin air!
E. They say absolutely nothing, because I cannot channel, or that these Romans they cannot hear me, and no conversation takes place
F. They ask me who my father is and what his occupation is, and often dismiss me and ask me to go back home to the house of my father who sent me.

18. What is Hayden to the Romans?
A. A red burning crack in the ground where witch women Tekla and Hekla live who want to drag down ships so that they can have sex with the men who were on those ships
B. A beautiful but lesser known town in the nearby Greek islands where Romans go for secret escapades and to drink good forbidden wine
C. One of the best bars in Rome where Romans could listen to good music and eat good food in the company of great friends

19. What really was taking place in the mens' bathhouses?
A. Political discussions
B. Romans didn't go to bathhouses. They only said so to their wives, then went down to the local wine bar.
C. Men actually went there for personal hygiene, to wash up and get squeaky clean
D. Romans secretly invited lots of naked women in to bathe and have fun with them!
E. Roman men just spent a night there sleeping on the floors just to get away from their hectic wives at home
F. Orgies with slave boys, if a Roman man fancied that

20. What is true about Sulla?
A. Sulla believes that I am a famous historian sent to him from a far away place to interview him about his greatness
B. When Sulla wants to show off, he props one leg up on a chair and pushes his chest and his crotch out to look manly and imposing
C. Sulla is very private and shy and it takes a tremendous deal of effort from me to even get him to speak or answer questions
D. Sulla died by committing suicide when he found out that his times as Roman leader were about to be over
E. Sulla is the most intimidating person I have ever met and he can literally make me shaking in my boots if I were wearing boots
F. Sulla had a male lover
G. Sulla believes I am a harbor slut sent to him from a brothel at the harbor and he is intrigued
H. Sulla was such a frequent and well-known patron at his favorite wine bar, that his face was painted on the wall inside the bar which was otherwise painted with grape vines and grapes

21. What do the Romans talk to me about when I contact them for a conversation?
A. Romans want to know what Roman gods had sent me
B. Romans want to know if I am a spokesperson from a band of soldiers, how many soldiers or ships in our fleet and what kind of weapons do we have.
C. Roman religion and about the gods
D. Roman politics and the senate
E. Romans want to know what kind of a whore I am and they show me their penis, because why else would a woman approach them and talk to them
F. Romans want to know what man had sent me, since I am a woman. If it was my father or some other man who sent me to them.
G. Romans want to know what city I am from, where my city is, how we live in my city and our culture, and about my life there, and what Rome could gain from learning about this
H. Roman military assignments and warfare

22. After talking to him, how would I describe Julius Caesar?
A. Raging warrior
B. Kind and compassionate
C. Homosexual pedophile
D. Priest
E. Loving and fatherly

23. After talking to him, how would I describe Nero?
A. Brave and confident in the face of evil
B. An artistic and flamboyant gay
C. Anxious, fearful and emotional
D. Crazy madman
E. Adopted from the streets into the Emperor family because of an Egyptian prophecy

24. After talking to him, how would I describe Sulla?
A. Irresistible
B. Immensely intimidating at times
C. Boring and too dry political
D. Drunk
E. Charming partygoer

25. After talking to him, how would I describe Pompeius Magnus?
A. Masculine powerful warrior who crushes all
B. Shy boyish who blushes at the thought of women or sex
C. Son of a miner slave and from a humble background
D. Sexist and misogynist who thinks that women are inferior
E. Sweetheart teddybear

26. After talking to him, how would I describe Aulus Vitellius?
A. A stinking slob who didn't mind his own personal hygiene
B. Dashingly elegant and graceful
C. One who cherished good food and fine clothes
D. Too quick to judge and not intelligent enough
E. The finest man I ever met

27. After talking to him, how would I describe Gaius Marius?
A. Flamboyant, theatrical prankster who loved to entertain
B. Supremely intelligent and focused
C. Hid behind the safety of his guards
D. Suave, flirtateous, happy and cheerful
E. Confident and trusting that his high position in Rome was god-given and secure

28. In Ancient Rome it is easy for a person from our time to say the wrong thing when we are meaning well. Which of the following things when said to a person of Roman nobility will make them angry?
A. Do you know who I am?
B. I will now tell you who I am.
C. I am a guest and I have come to see you
D. I am from the future
E. You are Nobilis
F. Forgive me
G. I could never do what the gods had asked you to do (flattery)
H. I am kind to you!
I. I love you!

29. What does Julius Caesar once ask me to call him, when I had called him "Julius Caesar"?
A. Julius
B. Emperatus Dignitus
C. High Priest of Rome
D. Not to call him by any name

30. What does a Roman man see when he looks up to the sky and sees a meteor shower?
A. A meteor shower
B. A lucky star that they can make a wish for which will be granted true by the gods
C. Naked gods are throwing glowing discus and are playing discus with him
D. That the end is near

31. Why did significant Romans who had a close connection to the gods, wear a wreath on their head made out of leaves?
Courtesy to Marcus Junius Brutus who taught me that
A. These were leaves of the Juniper tree, growing on the mountain of the gods, and when chewed, were like coca leaves, it gave power and made them see the gods
B. These were leaves from the mountain of the gods, the gods lived there, and so this way important Romans could be closer to their gods
C. Everyone in Rome wore wreaths made out of leaves, on special occasions. It was an ancient tradition which dated back to before Rome even was founded
D. The wreath was part of a traditional custom which the Romans had borrowed from the Greeks, it came originally from nature worship but the original meaning of it had been forgotten and lost, but the tradition was kept, since it was an old tradition and therefore important to keep

32. Who had sex with who according to the channelings?
A. Pompeius Magnus with Julius Caesar
B. Gaius Marius with Sulla
C. Sulla with Lucullus
D. Lucullus with Gaius Marius
E. Cato with Marcus Junius Brutus
F. Julius Caesar with Marcus Junius Brutus

33. What does Lucius Cornelius Sulla always like to call Cato?
A. A Roman War Hero worthy of the Gods!
B. Brother
C. Scatulus

Did you get all of them right or did you learn something? You can learn lots more by reading the channeled conversations with the spirits of the Great Romans! All of the texts will be published here in the future, meanwhile you can already find some of them available. Texts will be free to read, only those that are not appropriate for our non-Roman children will have to be available only for our adults, which to us means men and also women.

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