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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .
(a) keeping all news from leaving his island.
(b) killing the soldiers that guarded him.
(c) pretending that Postumus has died.
(d) having a slave impersonate Postumus.

3. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?
(a) Mother Confessor for the Vestals
(b) First Daughter of Rome
(c) Second Wife of the Emperor
(d) Chief Priestess to Diana

4. How does Marcellus die?
(a) Livia poisons him.
(b) Agrippa stabs him.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He dies in battle.

5. What is Claudius actually reading?
(a) A letter from his brother
(b) Livia's book
(c) One of Pollio's books
(d) One of Livy's books

Short Answer Questions

1. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .

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

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

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

5. What does Drusus urge Tiberius to do in his letter?

(see the answer key)

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