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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?
(a) The people of Ostia turned on the guards and beat them.
(b) He was disguised as a sailor and slipped into the crowd.
(c) The crowd was too large for the officers to challenge.
(d) He was unable to land in the harbor because of bad weather.

2. What honor does Livia create for Urgulania?
(a) Second Wife of the Emperor
(b) First Daughter of Rome
(c) Mother Confessor for the Vestals
(d) Chief Priestess to Diana

3. To avoid conflict with Julia, Tiberius decides to. . .
(a) have an affair with Vipsania.
(b) father a child with her.
(c) exile himself from Rome.
(d) move back into her bedroom.

4. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?
(a) A bag containing golden coins
(b) Her personal physician
(c) A box filled with poisoned food
(d) A letter, denouncing him

5. What attitude does Livia take towards Postumus?
(a) She decribes him as very gentle and loving.
(b) She supports him as Augustus's last grandson.
(c) She suggests that he be given more honors.
(d) She paints him as ambitious and rude to Augustus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?

2. What does Livia call Caligula?

3. Where is Germanicus sent after finishing his Consulship?

4. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?

5. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

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