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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?
(a) Sixty years
(b) Twenty years
(c) Forty years
(d) Fifty-five years

2. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"
(a) Roach
(b) Germanicus
(c) Augustus
(d) Cassius Chærea

3. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?
(a) Tiberius
(b) Claudius
(c) Castor
(d) Germanicus

4. Who is Agrippa?
(a) Tiberius's first wife
(b) Livia's first husband
(c) A longtime friend and advisor to Augustus
(d) Marcellus's father

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?

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

3. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?

4. How does Marcellus die?

5. What is Pollio's profession?

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