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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?
(a) Germanicus
(b) Castor
(c) Claudius
(d) Tiberius

4. To avoid conflict with Julia, Tiberius decides to. . .
(a) father a child with her.
(b) have an affair with Vipsania.
(c) exile himself from Rome.
(d) move back into her bedroom.

5. Who did Tiberius send to quell the mutinies in the Balkan forces?
(a) Cassius
(b) Germanicus
(c) Castor
(d) Claudius

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claudius fall in love with?

2. Claudius is the biological grandson of:

3. What is Claudius actually reading?

4. Who is Athenodorus?

5. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?

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