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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Claudius surprised about once Livia is dead?
(a) How much worse Tiberius begins to act
(b) How old her corpse looks on the pyre
(c) How much people loved his grandmother
(d) How long it takes the news to reach Tiberius

2. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) Getting appointed to a public position
(b) The building of a new library in Rome
(c) A history of his grandfather's campaigns
(d) A book about Augustus's religious reforms

3. 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

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

5. Who is Flavius?
(a) A former general with the German army.
(b) Germanicus's second-in-command.
(c) The brother of the German general, Hermann.
(d) A slave who was captured in Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

5. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?

(see the answer key)

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