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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?
(a) That he had made changes to his will
(b) That he had decided to free Postumus
(c) That he was not interested in being a God
(d) He wanted to give Claudius a public office

4. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?
(a) Watch-dogs
(b) Wolves
(c) Sheep
(d) Shepherds

5. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?
(a) Augustus wants to make sure he is busy.
(b) She has become too old to take care of herself.
(c) He is the oldest male left in his family.
(d) Livia thinks it would be a good joke on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?

2. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?

3. What do the eagles drop into Claudius's gown?

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

5. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

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