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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?
(a) High Priestess to Augustus
(b) Dowager
(c) Empress
(d) Mother of the Country

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

3. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) Getting appointed to a public position
(b) The building of a new library in Rome
(c) A history of his grandfather's campaigns
(d) A book about Augustus's religious reforms

4. What surprises Augustus most about hearing Claudius declaim?
(a) The speech goes on for two hours.
(b) Claudius does not stammer.
(c) The large audience loves Claudius.
(d) Claudius is standing straighter.

5. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(b) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(c) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(d) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Claudius give to his mother for selling his property?

2. What was the amount of time the Roman soldiers wanted to serve before being discharged?

3. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?

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

5. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?

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