Roman History Quiz

If you don't know the answer to the question, you've got to improvise. That means guessing, bullshitting,...or pretending that you're playing an entirely different game. In today's pop quiz, our hero Greg takes the latter route, asserting his parliamentary right to strike questions from the quiz and lodging protest at one question's flouting of his religious heritage. He asserts that the "Raging Rabbis" sacked Rome and that the "Jews" were the most fearsome fifth-century barbarians, before thinking better of it and answering "Gauls" for both questions, hedging his bets (why not?).

After submitting the quiz and receiving the graded paper back, Greg handwrote the original questions (to the best of his recollection) on the page at the bottom. I transcribe them here before the scan, then transcribe the answers afterwards.

1. What contributed to the spread of Christianity?
2. Who was Claudius's successor?
3. What was wrong with Roman agriculture?
4. What did Constantine do to the economy?
5. Who made Christianity the official religion of Rome?
6. Who finally destroyed Rome?
7. Who were the most fearsome barbarians?

1. Martyrdom
2. Nero
3. Motion to remove question from quiz (didn't produce enough food?)
4. I refuse to answer this question because it is not kosher for Passover. (New coinage?)
5. Theodius [Theodosius]
6. Raging Rabbis French Gauls
7. Spaniards Jews Gauls (why not?)