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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI, ch. 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drives Herod from his post as a magistrate?
(a) He insults his uncle at a banquet.
(b) He is caught taking bribes.
(c) Cypros wants to return to Rome.
(d) He is bored and wants to seek more adventures.

2. What connection does Herod have in Edom?
(a) Silas, an old family friend.
(b) His uncle, Antipas.
(c) Flaccus, his uncle and brother-in-law.
(d) His grandfather, Herod the Great.

3. What campaign does Claudius give Gabinius?
(a) To retrieve the last Eagle.
(b) To attack the Chattians.
(c) To burn the temples of Hercules in Germany.
(d) To protect the Rhine river from the lower tribes of Germany.

4. What causes Messalina to be jealous?
(a) Claudius' gift of an estate to Calpurnia.
(b) Lesbia's visits.
(c) Lesbia's flirtatious behavior with Silanus.
(d) Claudius and Herod's exchange of long letters.

5. What new holiday does Claudius add to the calendar?
(a) HIs parents' birthdays.
(b) Messalina's birthday.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Livia's birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Senate show their apologies to Claudius?

2. How does Herod keep Antonia on his side, despite his lies and mischievous ways?

3. Claudius claims what feeling when he hears of a possible rebellion?

4. Who does Antonia marry?

5. What dream does Narcissus have about Claudius?

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