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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?
(a) One hundred
(b) Twenty-five
(c) Fifty
(d) Ten

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

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

4. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?
(a) That they will keep fighting to the very end
(b) That they are frightened by the screams of eagles
(c) That they can be distracted by the smell of beer
(d) That they have no true military discipline

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?

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

(see the answer key)

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