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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?
(a) Go to sleep
(b) Eat a meal
(c) Listen to him talk
(d) Read a book

2. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?
(a) A scroll
(b) A wolf cub
(c) An egg
(d) A lamb

3. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?
(a) He orders Tiberius to return at once.
(b) He asks her to join the Vestals.
(c) He helps her divorce Tiberius and remarry.
(d) He orders her to be banished from Rome.

4. Name all of Julia's husbands.
(a) Marcellus and Drusus
(b) Agrippa, Tiberius, and Drusus
(c) Agrippa and Tiberius
(d) Marcellus, Agrippa, and Tiberius

5. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?
(a) Pompey
(b) Augustus Caesar
(c) Nero
(d) Claudius

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agrippa?

2. What is Pollio's profession?

3. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?

4. What kind of animal does Livia compare Claudius to?

5. Who is Athenodorus?

(see the answer key)

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