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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
(a) He is told to take command of the troops in Germany.
(b) He is imprisoned in an attic in the Palace.
(c) He is banished to a very small, rocky island.
(d) He becomes one of Tiberius's trusted advisors.

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

3. Where is Claudius during Germanicus's triumphal return to Rome?
(a) In Germany
(b) In Carthage
(c) In Capua
(d) In Ostia

4. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?
(a) Giving him a large pension
(b) Marrying him to Livilla
(c) Marrying him to Livilla's daughter
(d) Naming him his successor

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?

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

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

5. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?

(see the answer key)

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