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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What omen is cited by Tiberius to show that Augustus should become a God?
(a) His statue was struck by lightning.
(b) There is an earthquake in Rome.
(c) His statue was seen to move .
(d) The planets move into alignment.

2. Claudius is the biological grandson of:
(a) Tiberius
(b) Pompey
(c) Mark Antony
(d) Drusus

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

4. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .
(a) having a slave impersonate Postumus.
(b) killing the soldiers that guarded him.
(c) pretending that Postumus has died.
(d) keeping all news from leaving his island.

5. Sejanus persuaded Tiberius to. . .
(a) create a special political office for Sejanus.
(b) raise the taxes to pay bonuses to the soldiers.
(c) appoint him to the senate after Haterius left.
(d) build a permanent camp for the Roman Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?

2. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?

3. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?

4. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?

5. How long had some of the oldest soldiers served?

(see the answer key)

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