View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?
(a) He encloses a note in a package of fruit.
(b) He sends Claudius a book with a hidden message in it.
(c) He hires a prostitute to pass a letter to Claudius.
(d) He asks an old soldier to deliver a verbal message.

Short Answer Questions

1. What finally happens to Plancina?

2. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"

3. What really happened to Postumus?

4. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 308 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample