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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Claudius's nickname of "Teruncius" translates to:
(a) Naughty Goat
(b) One Farthing
(c) Tuppenny
(d) Chipped Stone

2. What finally happens to Tiberius's body?
(a) It is half-burned in the town of Atilla.
(b) It is thrown into the Tiber like a criminal.
(c) It is burned on the Mars Field with honors.
(d) It is left to rot on the Island of Capri.

3. What does Antonia do after speaking to Caligula about Gemellus's death?
(a) Sell her furniture
(b) Commit suicide
(c) Write to Claudius
(d) Speak to the Senate

4. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .
(a) keeping all news from leaving his island.
(b) having a slave impersonate Postumus.
(c) pretending that Postumus has died.
(d) killing the soldiers that guarded him.

5. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do?
(a) Secretly send him two hundred thousand gold coins
(b) Forge a letter from Tiberius and send it by courier
(c) Steal money from the public purse to pay the soldiers
(d) Speak to Tiberius on behalf of the regiments

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Postumus not arrested at Ostia?

2. How did Antonia die?

3. Whom does Sejanus arrange for Claudius to marry?

4. What surprises Augustus most about hearing Claudius declaim?

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

(see the answer key)

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