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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two people did Claudius advise Agrippina to cultivate as friends?
(a) Nerva and Thrasyllus
(b) Sejanus and Livia
(c) Sejanus and Thrasyllus
(d) Nerva and Vispania

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

3. Claudius is the biological grandson of:
(a) Drusus
(b) Pompey
(c) Mark Antony
(d) Tiberius

4. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?
(a) Single women have more rights
(b) There are no pretty girls left
(c) Prostitutes are cheaper and nicer
(d) Marrying the wrong family risks death

5. What finally happens to Plancina?
(a) She kills herself by taking poison.
(b) She is invited to dinner by Livia and poisoned.
(c) She returns to Syria and marries the new governor.
(d) She is acquitted of murdering Germanicus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?

2. What is Caligula's real name?

3. What number did Germanicus consider especially unlucky?

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

5. Why was Claudius summoned to the Hall of Justice late one night?

(see the answer key)

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