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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Tiberius's regiments do in their mutiny?
(a) March on Rome with their swords raised
(b) Get drunk on wine captured from the Germans
(c) Murder or drive out most of the captains
(d) Burn down their own tents and shelters

2. What do Pollio and Livy argue about?
(a) Which god is most powerful
(b) The proper way to write history
(c) Who will succeed Augustus
(d) The Empire and the Republic

3. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?
(a) That they can be distracted by the smell of beer
(b) That they have no true military discipline
(c) That they are frightened by the screams of eagles
(d) That they will keep fighting to the very end

4. Who is Flavius?
(a) A slave who was captured in Germany.
(b) The brother of the German general, Hermann.
(c) A former general with the German army.
(d) Germanicus's second-in-command.

5. Who is Agrippa?
(a) Tiberius's first wife
(b) Livia's first husband
(c) A longtime friend and advisor to Augustus
(d) Marcellus's father

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

7. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?
(a) Chief Ponticate
(b) Emperor
(c) Protector of the People
(d) Augustus

8. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?
(a) She marries Claudius.
(b) She is sentenced to death.
(c) She joins the Vestals.
(d) She is banished.

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

10. What does Augustus blame for the low marriage rate in Rome?
(a) The lack of priests to perform the ceremonies
(b) The fact that everyone is related to each other
(c) The ease of getting divorces for political reasons
(d) The selfishness and laziness of bachelorhood

11. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?
(a) Forty years
(b) Sixty years
(c) Twenty years
(d) Fifty-five years

12. What does rebel leader Bato compare the Roman governors to?
(a) Shepherds
(b) Watch-dogs
(c) Sheep
(d) Wolves

13. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) Augustus asks him to marry her
(b) It gives him more political status
(c) He falls in love with her
(d) As a favor to Livia's friend

14. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?
(a) The Quick and the Dead
(b) The Dove and the Hawk
(c) The Camel and the Elephant
(d) The Bookworm and the Boar

15. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Send it back unread
(b) Send it to Augustus
(c) Read it aloud immediately
(d) Throw it into the fire

Short Answer Questions

1. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

2. Why does Augustus move the sword-fighters out of the city?

3. What does Livia refuse to do in the same room as Claudius?

4. What does the author mean when he refers to the regimental Eagle?

5. Who is Athenodorus?

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