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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tiberius adopts Germanicus, Claudius's brother is brought into which family?
(a) The Drusillan Family
(b) The Tiberian Family
(c) The Claudian Family
(d) The Julian Family

2. What really happened to Postumus?
(a) He was tortured and then killed.
(b) He gave up his cause and disappeared.
(c) He was captured and sent to Eqypt.
(d) He agreed to go back to his island.

3. Who accuses Postumus of trying to rape her?
(a) Æmillia and Urgulanilla
(b) Both Livilla and Æmillia
(c) Livilla and Julilla
(d) Only Livilla

4. What bad luck befalls Germanicus right after his successful battles?
(a) He receives word that his eldest son has died suddenly.
(b) His entire transport fleet of soldiers is scattered in a storm.
(c) He loses two regiments in a surprise attack by the Germans.
(d) His treasonous letters to Claudius are intercepted by Livia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Germanicus tell his soldiers about the German fighters?

2. What is Pollio's profession?

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

4. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Germanicus send his wife Agrippina, back to Rome?

2. Why does Livia not expose Drusus's plan to dethrone Augustus?

3. How does Claudius find out that his letters to Germanicus are being intercepted?

4. Why does Augustus refuse to eat or drink anything but bread, water, and figs straight from the tree?

5. What is deification?

6. Why is Rome so vulnerable to attack by the German forces after Varus dies?

7. Why does Tiberius need Livia's help in running the government?

8. How is Claudius related to Augustus Caesar?

9. Why does Claudius wait until Germanicus returns to Rome to tell him that Postumus was innocent?

10. What argument does Tiberius use with Germanicus to get him to return to Rome?

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