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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Claudius use to write his autobiography?
(a) Hebrew
(b) Greek
(c) English
(d) Latin

2. What finally happens to Plancina?
(a) She is invited to dinner by Livia and poisoned.
(b) She is acquitted of murdering Germanicus.
(c) She kills herself by taking poison.
(d) She returns to Syria and marries the new governor.

3. Who does Claudius blame for the mistakes that led to a Germanic uprising?
(a) Varus
(b) Germanicus
(c) Tiberius
(d) Cassius

4. Why did Tiberius not visit his son, Castor, before Castor's death?
(a) He thought Castor was making up the illness to get sympathy.
(b) Livia told him that it would look bad if he favored his son.
(c) Sejanus warned him that it might be a trap to assassinate him.
(d) Thrasyllus warned him against making any trips that week.

5. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?
(a) Germanicus
(b) Tiberius
(c) Claudius
(d) Castor

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Claudius give to his mother for selling his property?

2. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

3. Who offers to capture Postumus for Tiberius?

4. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?

5. What does Livia ask Plancina to do?

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