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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claudius receive from Livia?
(a) An appointment to join the Senate.
(b) A copy of Augustus's letters.
(c) An invitation to dine with her.
(d) A warning about Sejanus's intentions.

2. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?
(a) Ask Augustus for permission to visit Postumus
(b) Research information about the Balkan tribes
(c) Write to him about all the political gossip
(d) Avoid antagonizing Livia, Antonia, and Livilla

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

4. Why does Claudius become his mother's guardian?
(a) Augustus wants to make sure he is busy.
(b) Livia thinks it would be a good joke on her.
(c) He is the oldest male left in his family.
(d) She has become too old to take care of herself.

5. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?
(a) She is sentenced to death.
(b) She marries Claudius.
(c) She is banished.
(d) She joins the Vestals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Flavius?

2. How does Antonia regard her son, Claudius?

3. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

4. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?

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

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