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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?
(a) Marrying the wrong family risks death
(b) There are no pretty girls left
(c) Prostitutes are cheaper and nicer
(d) Single women have more rights

2. In order to marry Julia, Tiberius must first. . .
(a) assassinate Julia's husband, Agrippa.
(b) sacrifice a white bull to Jupiter.
(c) divorce his beloved wife, Vipsania.
(d) adopt her three sons and two daughters.

3. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Send it to Augustus
(b) Read it aloud immediately
(c) Send it back unread
(d) Throw it into the fire

4. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?
(a) Sulpicius
(b) Cato
(c) Livy
(d) Pollio

5. Who is Athenodorus?
(a) Antonia's steward
(b) Antonia's new husband
(c) Claudius's favorite tutor
(d) Claudius's best friend

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?

2. Name all of Julia's husbands.

3. What is Claudius's full name?

4. What nickname do people use for Claudius?

5. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?

(see the answer key)

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