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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Just outside the Senate building
(d) Returning to Rome from his villa

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

5. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?
(a) She is banished.
(b) She is sentenced to death.
(c) She marries Claudius.
(d) She joins the Vestals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?

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

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

5. Where is Claudius during Germanicus's triumphal return to Rome?

(see the answer key)

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