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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?
(a) Twenty-five
(b) Ten
(c) Fifty
(d) One hundred

3. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?
(a) He feels that he would be happier living outside of Rome.
(b) He was framed by Livia for insurrection and banished.
(c) His nephews beg him to help them remove their governor.
(d) He wants to do research at the Library at Alexandria.

4. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?
(a) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber
(b) Promises to help her any way that he can
(c) Beats her senseless with a vine sapling
(d) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head

5. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?
(a) He becomes one of Tiberius's trusted advisors.
(b) He is told to take command of the troops in Germany.
(c) He is imprisoned in an attic in the Palace.
(d) He is banished to a very small, rocky island.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Claudius surprised about once Livia is dead?

3. What happens to Julilla after Livia exposes her sexual affairs?

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

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

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