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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?
(a) The Classics
(b) Trash
(c) Livia's book
(d) Love poems

2. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?
(a) Wolves
(b) Watch-dogs
(c) Shepherds
(d) Sheep

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

4. Who is Agrippa?
(a) Livia's first husband
(b) Tiberius's first wife
(c) A longtime friend and advisor to Augustus
(d) Marcellus's father

5. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"
(a) Roach
(b) Cassius Chærea
(c) Augustus
(d) Germanicus

Short Answer Questions

1. Tiberius trusted Nerva because of his. . .

2. What is Pollio's profession?

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

4. How does Caligula leave the soldier's camp?

5. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?

(see the answer key)

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