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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?
(a) Seeing Agrippina off at the harbor
(b) Eating dinner with Tiberius
(c) Returning to Rome from his villa
(d) Just outside the Senate building

2. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?
(a) That they are frightened by the screams of eagles
(b) That they have no true military discipline
(c) That they can be distracted by the smell of beer
(d) That they will keep fighting to the very end

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(b) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(c) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(d) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.

4. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Ten
(c) One hundred
(d) Fifty

5. Who does Claudius blame for the mistakes that led to a Germanic uprising?
(a) Varus
(b) Tiberius
(c) Germanicus
(d) Cassius

Short Answer Questions

1. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?

2. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?

3. What is Claudius surprised about once Livia is dead?

4. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?

5. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?

(see the answer key)

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