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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V, ch. 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Herod give Messalina to control a possible state financial crisis?
(a) Close all the banks.
(b) Allow the Jewish more prosperity to create more economic opportunities.
(c) Allow him to speak to the public.
(d) Encourage Claudius to make more mints.

2. Why does Claudius want to build a harbor?
(a) To build a tourism industry.
(b) To avoid famine.
(c) To strengthen the navy.
(d) Because Herod advised him to.

3. How does Herod cheat his brother, Aristobulus?
(a) He lies about investment profits and takes the bulk for himself.
(b) He takes his brother's wife for himself.
(c) He borrows from creditors in Aristobulus' name.
(d) Herod keeps his brother's money that he was supposed to invest.

4. Why is Silas' appointment as Master of Horse controversial?
(a) He is Greek.
(b) He is a Saxon.
(c) He is German.
(d) He is a Samaritan.

5. How does Antonia's push for a coachman's arrest backfire?
(a) Tiberius' threatens Antonia of banishment for not letting the matter go.
(b) The coachman bribes Gemullus to lie about Herod.
(c) The coachman reveals Herod's treasonous remarks.
(d) The coachman reveals Antonia's treasonous intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Aristobulus trust his money to invest?

2. For whom does Claudius gain more respect as he settles into the emperor's role?

3. What brings Herod to Bashan?

4. How does Claudius feel about being an emperor?

5. What drives Herod from his post as a magistrate?

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