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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?
(a) Several uprisings led by former slaves
(b) The deaths of a dozen popular senators
(c) Earthquakes, floods, and a famine
(d) A series of fires in the poor neighborhoods

2. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?
(a) Prostitutes are cheaper and nicer
(b) Single women have more rights
(c) There are no pretty girls left
(d) Marrying the wrong family risks death

3. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) Augustus asks him to marry her
(b) As a favor to Livia's friend
(c) He falls in love with her
(d) It gives him more political status

4. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?
(a) Fifty-five years
(b) Forty years
(c) Sixty years
(d) Twenty years

5. What do Tiberius's regiments do in their mutiny?
(a) Burn down their own tents and shelters
(b) Murder or drive out most of the captains
(c) Get drunk on wine captured from the Germans
(d) March on Rome with their swords raised

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?

2. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?

3. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?

4. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do?

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

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