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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 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

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

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

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

5. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?
(a) Write to him about all the political gossip
(b) Avoid antagonizing Livia, Antonia, and Livilla
(c) Ask Augustus for permission to visit Postumus
(d) Research information about the Balkan tribes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?

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

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

4. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

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

(see the answer key)

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