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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to marry Julia, Tiberius must first. . .
(a) adopt her three sons and two daughters.
(b) divorce his beloved wife, Vipsania.
(c) sacrifice a white bull to Jupiter.
(d) assassinate Julia's husband, Agrippa.

2. What does Tiberius do after Livia shames him?
(a) He cultivates a friendship with Agrippina.
(b) He leaves Rome on the advice of Sejanus.
(c) He accuses her of murdering Postumus.
(d) He begs her to stop persecuting him.

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

4. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Nerva and Vispania
(b) Sejanus and Livia
(c) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(d) Nerva and Thrasyllus

5. The only three men that Tiberius trusted were Sejanus, Nerva, and. . .
(a) Gallus.
(b) Haterius.
(c) Germanicus.
(d) Thrasyllus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claudius say about Nero, Germanicus's eldest son?

2. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?

3. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?

4. What is Pollio's profession?

5. Who rules Rome after the death of Mark Antony?

(see the answer key)

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