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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Caligula's real name?
(a) Drusus
(b) Nero
(c) Gaius
(d) Germanicus

2. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?
(a) The lack of priests to perform the ceremonies
(b) The selfishness and laziness of bachelorhood
(c) The fact that everyone is related to each other
(d) The ease of getting divorces for political reasons

3. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?
(a) She dotes on him.
(b) She despises him.
(c) She disowns him.
(d) She favors him.

4. 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

5. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?
(a) Go to sleep
(b) Read a book
(c) Listen to him talk
(d) Eat a meal

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?

2. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

4. Claudius is the biological grandson of:

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

(see the answer key)

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