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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) As a favor to Livia's friend
(b) Augustus asks him to marry her
(c) He falls in love with her
(d) It gives him more political status

2. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?
(a) He hires a prostitute to pass a letter to Claudius.
(b) He encloses a note in a package of fruit.
(c) He sends Claudius a book with a hidden message in it.
(d) He asks an old soldier to deliver a verbal message.

3. What does Tiberius tell the senate about Postumus?
(a) That he was killed by one of his sailors
(b) That he died in a shipwreck outside Ostia
(c) That he was really a slave named Clement
(d) That he was still alive on his island

4. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?
(a) Only Livilla
(b) Both Livilla and Æmillia
(c) Æmillia and Urgulanilla
(d) Livilla and Julilla

5. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?
(a) Empress
(b) High Priestess to Augustus
(c) Dowager
(d) Mother of the Country

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?

2. Who was the Crocodile?

3. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?

4. Which senator challenges Tiberius's reluctance to accept power?

5. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?

(see the answer key)

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