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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Claudius fall in love with?
(a) Aemilia
(b) Camilla
(c) Julilla
(d) Agrippina

2. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?
(a) A bag containing golden coins
(b) A letter, denouncing him
(c) A box filled with poisoned food
(d) Her personal physician

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

4. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.
(b) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(c) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.
(d) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Name all of Julia's husbands.

2. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .

3. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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