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

2. 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

3. What does Antonia say that Caligula did to Drusilla?
(a) Killed her pony
(b) Committed incest
(c) Tried to kill her
(d) Locked her in a room

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

5. How does Tiberius die?
(a) He gets a chill from traveling.
(b) Caligula stabs him in the heart.
(c) He dies quietly of old age.
(d) Macro smothers him with a pillow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?

2. How old is Caligula when he becomes emperor?

3. What happened to Martina, the chief witness against Piso and Plancina?

4. Who is Claudius surprised to find in his bedroom?

5. Who is Agrippa?

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