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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?
(a) He captures the mother of Flavius, ensuring his loyalty.
(b) He finds enough gold to finance fighting for another year.
(c) He is able to rescue a legion of captured Roman soldiers.
(d) He recaptures one of the three lost Eagles.

2. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?
(a) Informers
(b) Generals
(c) Senators
(d) Traitors

3. What does Claudius shout when he is told about Augustus's death?
(a) Poison is Queen!
(b) Long live the Republic!
(c) Poor Postumus!
(d) That's it! I'm a dead man!

4. What is Caligula's real name?
(a) Drusus
(b) Gaius
(c) Germanicus
(d) Nero

5. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.
(b) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(c) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.
(d) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?

2. What nickname do people use for Claudius?

3. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?

4. Who is Agrippa?

5. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?

(see the answer key)

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