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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What really happened to Postumus?
(a) He was tortured and then killed.
(b) He was captured and sent to Eqypt.
(c) He gave up his cause and disappeared.
(d) He agreed to go back to his island.

2. One of Caligula's first acts is to:
(a) Declare a general amnesty
(b) Dissolve the Senate
(c) Make his grandmother a Goddess
(d) Declare war on Carthage

3. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?
(a) His entire transport fleet of soldiers is scattered in a storm.
(b) His treasonous letters to Claudius are intercepted by Livia.
(c) He loses two regiments in a surprise attack by the Germans.
(d) He receives word that his eldest son has died suddenly.

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

5. What is Pollio's profession?
(a) Historian
(b) General
(c) Statesman
(d) Philosopher

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Castor promise Agrippina that he will do?

2. How does Tiberius lose his friend, Nerva?

3. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?

4. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

5. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?

(see the answer key)

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