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

2. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) The building of a new library in Rome
(b) A history of his grandfather's campaigns
(c) A book about Augustus's religious reforms
(d) Getting appointed to a public position

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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