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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claudius shout when he is told about Augustus's death?
(a) That's it! I'm a dead man!
(b) Poor Postumus!
(c) Long live the Republic!
(d) Poison is Queen!

2. What class of people did Augustus especially distrust?
(a) Traitors
(b) Informers
(c) Senators
(d) Generals

3. What does Livia do to embarrass Tiberius?
(a) Denounces him in front of the Senate
(b) Hires an actor to caracature him in public
(c) Gives a public reading of Augustus's letters
(d) Publishes his love letters to Vispania

4. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?
(a) The deaths of a dozen popular senators
(b) A series of fires in the poor neighborhoods
(c) Earthquakes, floods, and a famine
(d) Several uprisings led by former slaves

5. Sejanus persuaded Tiberius to. . .
(a) create a special political office for Sejanus.
(b) appoint him to the senate after Haterius left.
(c) raise the taxes to pay bonuses to the soldiers.
(d) build a permanent camp for the Roman Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks at Livia's funeral?

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

3. Who is the first person that Caligula ordered killed after taking the throne?

4. Caligula made all the palace men shave their heads because:

5. What does Germanicus ask Claudius to do for him?

(see the answer key)

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