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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?
(a) Sheep
(b) Shepherds
(c) Watch-dogs
(d) Wolves

3. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?
(a) Beats her senseless with a vine sapling
(b) Promises to help her any way that he can
(c) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber
(d) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head

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

5. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They hold a long debate on the issue.
(b) They are shocked into silence.
(c) They immediately order punishment.
(d) They rise up and refuse to accept it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Flavius?

2. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

3. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?

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

5. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

(see the answer key)

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