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

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Flavius?

2. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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