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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?
(a) Sulpicius
(b) Livy
(c) Pollio
(d) Cato

4. What does the name "Caligula" mean?
(a) Little General
(b) Little Boots
(c) Little Dancer
(d) Little Emperor

5. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Quick and the Dead
(b) The Dove and the Hawk
(c) The Camel and the Elephant
(d) The Bookworm and the Boar

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Claudius blame for the mistakes that led to a Germanic uprising?

2. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?

3. What nickname do people use for Claudius?

4. How does Marcellus die?

5. What distinction does Claudius make between Tiberius and Germanicus?

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