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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) Getting appointed to a public position
(b) A book about Augustus's religious reforms
(c) A history of his grandfather's campaigns
(d) The building of a new library in Rome

2. What do Tiberius's regiments do in their mutiny?
(a) Burn down their own tents and shelters
(b) March on Rome with their swords raised
(c) Get drunk on wine captured from the Germans
(d) Murder or drive out most of the captains

3. What does Germanicus fear Plancina is doing?
(a) Undermining Agrippina's authority
(b) Stealing money from the treasury
(c) Corrupting his children's discipline
(d) Practicing witchcraft against him

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

5. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?
(a) Love poems
(b) Livia's book
(c) Trash
(d) The Classics

Short Answer Questions

1. Sejanus persuaded Tiberius to. . .

2. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

3. How does Marcellus die?

4. Who offers to capture Postumus for Tiberius?

5. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?

(see the answer key)

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