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

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

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

4. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?
(a) She despises him.
(b) She disowns him.
(c) She dotes on him.
(d) She favors him.

5. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?
(a) Who will succeed Augustus
(b) The proper way to write history
(c) The Empire and the Republic
(d) Which god is most powerful

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?

2. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?

3. What is a Triumvirate?

4. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?

5. What does Drusus urge Tiberius to do in his letter?

(see the answer key)

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