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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?
(a) Shepherds
(b) Sheep
(c) Wolves
(d) Watch-dogs

2. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
(a) He is imprisoned in an attic in the Palace.
(b) He is banished to a very small, rocky island.
(c) He becomes one of Tiberius's trusted advisors.
(d) He is told to take command of the troops in Germany.

3. What disturbs Claudius about Caligula?
(a) Caligula spends too much time with Tiberius.
(b) Caligula seems to share a secret with Livia.
(c) Caligula likes to watch animals being killed.
(d) Caligula spends all his time gambling.

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

5. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?
(a) Augustus wants to make sure he is busy.
(b) He is the oldest male left in his family.
(c) Livia thinks it would be a good joke on her.
(d) She has become too old to take care of herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name "Caligula" mean?

2. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?

3. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?

4. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

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

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