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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Claudius surprised about once Livia is dead?
(a) How old her corpse looks on the pyre
(b) How long it takes the news to reach Tiberius
(c) How much people loved his grandmother
(d) How much worse Tiberius begins to act

2. Where is Claudius during Germanicus's triumphal return to Rome?
(a) In Germany
(b) In Ostia
(c) In Carthage
(d) In Capua

3. How does the Senate react to Tiberius's denouncement of Agrippina and Nero?
(a) They rise up and refuse to accept it.
(b) They hold a long debate on the issue.
(c) They immediately order punishment.
(d) They are shocked into silence.

4. Who does Claudius blame for the mistakes that led to a Germanic uprising?
(a) Tiberius
(b) Germanicus
(c) Varus
(d) Cassius

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?

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

3. How does Tiberius propose rewarding Sejanus for breaking the Leek Green party?

4. Why does Athenodorus leave Rome?

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

(see the answer key)

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