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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Castor promise Agrippina that he will do?
(a) Investigate the haunting of the house in Antioch
(b) Stand up to Livilla and get a divorce
(c) Speak to Tiberius about the behavior of Piso
(d) Defend Germanicus's children and avenge his death

2. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?
(a) Out on a busy street
(b) At the Apollo Library
(c) In a public bathhouse
(d) At the Imperial Palace

3. Agrippina asks Tiberius for permission to marry who?
(a) The honored general, Blæasus
(b) Her brother-in-law, Claudius
(c) Tiberius's adviser, Sejanus
(d) Tiberius's mocker, Gallus

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Claudius, was a great turning point in Tiberius's reign?

2. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?

3. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?

4. What does Piso give Tiberius at his trial?

5. What is Pollio's profession?

(see the answer key)

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