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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 Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?
(a) Single women have more rights
(b) There are no pretty girls left
(c) Prostitutes are cheaper and nicer
(d) Marrying the wrong family risks death

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?

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

4. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?

5. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?

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