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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIV, Three Accounts of Claudius' Death & Pumpkinification of Claudius, a Satire in Verse and Prose.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tiberius die?
(a) Macro smothers him.
(b) Herod's evil.
(c) By shipwreck.
(d) Scurvy.

2. Why does Claudius get angry at the magistrate of Ostia?
(a) The magistrate blames Claudius for the predicted famine.
(b) The magistrate writes a letter of complaint about the city project.
(c) Claudius blames the magistrate for the slow progress of the project.
(d) The magistrate does not greet Claudius when he arrives.

3. How does the Senate show their apologies to Claudius?
(a) By offering the titles of all his predecessors.
(b) By giving an offering to the gods in his name.
(c) By sacrificing a pig at a banquet.
(d) By offering a monetary sum.

4. What causes Herod to arrest Silas?
(a) Silas does not know how to hold his tongue.
(b) Silas is caught with Cypros.
(c) Silas purposefully insults Herod's guests.
(d) Silas lies to Herod.

5. How does Claudius think of the consuls' work ethics?
(a) They are great at making plans.
(b) They are pure idiots.
(c) They are a patient group that knows how to work well as a team.
(d) They cannot think past their own term.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to speak up in support of Claudius?

2. What does Claudius do to Caligula's statues?

3. What dream does Narcissus have about Claudius?

4. What do Messalina and Claudius do to cheat Barbillus' supposed prophecy about Messalina?

5. How does Claudius make up for the retraction of Caligula's holidays?

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