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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?
(a) Chief Priestess to Diana
(b) Second Wife of the Emperor
(c) First Daughter of Rome
(d) Mother Confessor for the Vestals

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?

2. Who really orders the death of Postumus after Augustus dies?

3. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

4. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?

5. What attitude does Livia take towards Postumus?

(see the answer key)

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