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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who really orders the death of Postumus after Augustus dies?
(a) Livia
(b) Tiberius
(c) Crispus
(d) Augustus

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

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

4. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?
(a) Chief Ponticate
(b) Augustus
(c) Protector of the People
(d) Emperor

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Claudius fall in love with?

4. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?

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

(see the answer key)

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