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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?
(a) Just outside the Senate building
(b) Returning to Rome from his villa
(c) Seeing Agrippina off at the harbor
(d) Eating dinner with Tiberius

2. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?
(a) The building of a new library in Rome
(b) Getting appointed to a public position
(c) A book about Augustus's religious reforms
(d) A history of his grandfather's campaigns

3. What is the best part of Germanicus's final incursions against the Germans?
(a) He recaptures one of the three lost Eagles.
(b) He finds enough gold to finance fighting for another year.
(c) He is able to rescue a legion of captured Roman soldiers.
(d) He captures the mother of Flavius, ensuring his loyalty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is Flavius?

4. What happens to Nero's brother, Drusus?

5. According to Claudius, how many Germans for each Roman soldier killed in the battles?

(see the answer key)

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