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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?
(a) Faint when a gladiator dies
(b) Fight with one of the gladiators
(c) Fall out of the royal box
(d) Give the most stirring speech

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

3. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?
(a) Only Livilla
(b) Æmillia and Urgulanilla
(c) Livilla and Julilla
(d) Both Livilla and Æmillia

4. What is Claudius's full name?
(a) Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
(b) Tiberius Claudius
(c) Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Caesar
(d) Tiberius Claudius Germanicus

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?

2. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

3. What is Pollio's profession?

4. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?

5. What surprises Augustus most about hearing Claudius declaim?

(see the answer key)

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