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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is assumed to become Augustus's successor when he dies?
(a) Castor
(b) Tiberius
(c) Germanicus
(d) Postumus

5. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) He falls in love with her
(b) As a favor to Livia's friend
(c) It gives him more political status
(d) Augustus asks him to marry her

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marcellus die?

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

3. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?

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

5. What does Claudius shout when he is told about Augustus's death?

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