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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?
(a) She was killed by agents of Sejanus.
(b) She killed herself in her cell.
(c) Livia sent her away to an island.
(d) She was bribed to perjure herself.

2. What does Sejanus advise Claudius not to do?
(a) Divorce his wife Urgulanilla
(b) Spend too much time with Agrippina
(c) Get married again too soon
(d) Bet on the Leek Green chariot team

3. What is Claudius actually reading?
(a) A letter from his brother
(b) One of Livy's books
(c) One of Pollio's books
(d) Livia's book

4. Who offers to capture Postumus for Tiberius?
(a) Sejanus
(b) Livia
(c) Nerva
(d) Crispus

5. What book did Tiberius take with him?
(a) Livia's book
(b) Ovid's
(c) A history of Augustus's reign
(d) An encyclopedia of pornography

Short Answer Questions

1. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .

2. What does Claudius receive from Livia?

3. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?

4. Who warns Claudius about the draining of the treasury?

5. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?

(see the answer key)

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