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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 had some of the oldest soldiers served?
(a) Thirty-five years
(b) Five years
(c) Ten years
(d) Twenty-five years

2. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Dove and the Hawk
(b) The Quick and the Dead
(c) The Bookworm and the Boar
(d) The Camel and the Elephant

3. What does Augustus do when he discovers that Julia is having sexual affairs?
(a) He orders her to be banished from Rome.
(b) He asks her to join the Vestals.
(c) He helps her divorce Tiberius and remarry.
(d) He orders Tiberius to return at once.

4. What kind of animal does Livia compare Claudius to?
(a) A lemur
(b) A wolf
(c) A lion
(d) A parrot

5. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?
(a) Augustus
(b) Emperor
(c) Chief Ponticate
(d) Protector of the People

Short Answer Questions

1. Claudius is the biological grandson of:

2. How does Marcellus die?

3. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?

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

5. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?

(see the answer key)

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