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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tiberius die?
(a) Caligula stabs him in the heart.
(b) Macro smothers him with a pillow.
(c) He dies quietly of old age.
(d) He gets a chill from traveling.

2. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.
(b) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(c) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.
(d) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(b) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(c) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(d) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.

4. What is Claudius surprised about once Livia is dead?
(a) How much worse Tiberius begins to act
(b) How long it takes the news to reach Tiberius
(c) How much people loved his grandmother
(d) How old her corpse looks on the pyre

5. Who is Claudius surprised to find in his bedroom?
(a) His brother's wife
(b) A hired assassin
(c) His nephew, Caligula
(d) His wife, Urgulanilla

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tiberius tell the senate about Postumus?

2. With Tiberius gone, who was left in charge of the Roman Empire?

3. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?

4. What does Claudius receive from Livia?

5. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?

(see the answer key)

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