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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) Give the most stirring speech
(b) Fall out of the royal box
(c) Faint when a gladiator dies
(d) Fight with one of the gladiators

2. What does Livia ask Plancina to do?
(a) Persuade Piso to kill himself before the trial ends
(b) Get the incriminating letter that Livia wrote to Piso
(c) Use her witchcraft to kill Agrippina and her children
(d) To leave Rome and return to Syria after Piso's death

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

4. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?
(a) The lack of priests to perform the ceremonies
(b) The ease of getting divorces for political reasons
(c) The selfishness and laziness of bachelorhood
(d) The fact that everyone is related to each other

5. What does Piso give Tiberius at his trial?
(a) A small, wrapped package about the size of a good-luck charm
(b) A book that he says was Germanicus's personal journal
(c) A bundle of letters that Tiberius wrote to him
(d) A gift that he claimed was from the people of Syria

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claudius fall in love with?

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

3. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?

4. What finally happens to Plancina?

5. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?

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