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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?
(a) His entire transport fleet of soldiers is scattered in a storm.
(b) He loses two regiments in a surprise attack by the Germans.
(c) His treasonous letters to Claudius are intercepted by Livia.
(d) He receives word that his eldest son has died suddenly.

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

4. 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) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head
(d) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Flavius?

2. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

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

5. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?

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