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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Vitellius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tiberius' mother dies, what does he do?
(a) Not attend her funeral.
(b) Design a statue.
(c) Throw her body in the ocean.
(d) Throw a party.

2. What lake does Claudius drain during his reign?
(a) Tuscine Lake.
(b) Fucine Lake.
(c) Ranncus Lake.
(d) Florintine Lake.

3. What is the name of Julius' brother who was exiled by Sulla?
(a) Lucius Callan.
(b) Lucius Cinna.
(c) Lucius Serranto.
(d) Lucius Serra.

4. Claudius was never expected to be a Caesar because people said he was what?
(a) Dumb.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Tyrannical.
(d) Overconfidant.

5. In what district does Gaius begin building an aqueduct?
(a) Liverus.
(b) Senate.
(c) Tiber.
(d) Temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Gaius die?

2. People believe that Otho killed whom so that Rome's liberty and government could be restored?

3. In what month is Otho born?

4. Who does Tiberius expel to the far out regions of the empire?

5. What title do the people want--and the Senate agrees-- to give Augustus?

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