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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?
(a) She was bribed to perjure herself.
(b) Livia sent her away to an island.
(c) She killed herself in her cell.
(d) She was killed by agents of Sejanus.

2. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) He falls in love with her
(b) It gives him more political status
(c) As a favor to Livia's friend
(d) Augustus asks him to marry her

3. What really happened to Postumus?
(a) He was captured and sent to Eqypt.
(b) He gave up his cause and disappeared.
(c) He was tortured and then killed.
(d) He agreed to go back to his island.

4. Who offers to capture Postumus for Tiberius?
(a) Crispus
(b) Nerva
(c) Sejanus
(d) Livia

5. Who does Claudius fall in love with?
(a) Camilla
(b) Agrippina
(c) Aemilia
(d) Julilla

Short Answer Questions

1. What omen is cited by Tiberius to show that Augustus should become a God?

2. Which senator challenges Tiberius's reluctance to accept power?

3. What does Piso give Tiberius at his trial?

4. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?

5. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

(see the answer key)

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