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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?
(a) Trash
(b) Livia's book
(c) The Classics
(d) Love poems

2. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?
(a) Fall out of the royal box
(b) Fight with one of the gladiators
(c) Give the most stirring speech
(d) Faint when a gladiator dies

3. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Throw it into the fire
(b) Read it aloud immediately
(c) Send it to Augustus
(d) Send it back unread

4. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Quick and the Dead
(b) The Bookworm and the Boar
(c) The Camel and the Elephant
(d) The Dove and the Hawk

5. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .
(a) speak to Augustus about the matter.
(b) make sure that Livia was tried for her crimes.
(c) rescue Postumus from the island himself.
(d) investigate the death of their father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Claudius fall in love with?

3. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?

4. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?

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

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