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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Sejanus, is the Leek Green Party?
(a) An event to which Tiberius was not invited
(b) A political faction led by Agrippina
(c) A secret group of skilled assassins
(d) Livia's network of senator's wives

2. Why is Piso sent to Syria?
(a) To build a new city
(b) To train the troops there
(c) To raise more taxes for Rome
(d) To govern the province

3. What is Claudius's full name?
(a) Tiberius Claudius
(b) Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Caesar
(c) Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
(d) Tiberius Claudius Germanicus

4. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .
(a) rescue Postumus from the island himself.
(b) make sure that Livia was tried for her crimes.
(c) investigate the death of their father.
(d) speak to Augustus about the matter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

2. Why is Egypt so important to Rome?

3. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

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

5. What is Caligula's real name?

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