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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?
(a) Fall out of the royal box
(b) Fight with one of the gladiators
(c) Faint when a gladiator dies
(d) Give the most stirring speech

2. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?
(a) He was unable to land in the harbor because of bad weather.
(b) He was disguised as a sailor and slipped into the crowd.
(c) The people of Ostia turned on the guards and beat them.
(d) The crowd was too large for the officers to challenge.

3. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(b) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.
(c) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(d) They would have been attacked by the people there.

4. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?
(a) Earthquakes, floods, and a famine
(b) Several uprisings led by former slaves
(c) The deaths of a dozen popular senators
(d) A series of fires in the poor neighborhoods

5. Who was the Crocodile?
(a) A helpful librarian at the temple of Apollo in Rome.
(b) A freedman who had worked for Postumus's father.
(c) One of the Roman Guards at the Imperial palace.
(d) One of the men who guarded Postumus on the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?

2. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

3. What does Piso give Tiberius at his trial?

4. Who really orders the death of Postumus after Augustus dies?

5. What does Castor promise Agrippina that he will do?

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