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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?
(a) Her personal physician
(b) A bag containing golden coins
(c) A letter, denouncing him
(d) A box filled with poisoned food

2. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?
(a) Greek
(b) English
(c) Latin
(d) Hebrew

3. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?
(a) Mother Confessor for the Vestals
(b) First Daughter of Rome
(c) Second Wife of the Emperor
(d) Chief Priestess to Diana

4. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Camel and the Elephant
(b) The Bookworm and the Boar
(c) The Dove and the Hawk
(d) The Quick and the Dead

5. What nickname do people use for Claudius?
(a) Claudius the Ugly
(b) Claudius the Brave
(c) Claudius the Cautious
(d) Claudius the Idiot

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Triumvirate?

2. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?

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

4. In order to marry Julia, Tiberius must first. . .

5. Name all of Julia's husbands.

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