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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Crocodile?
(a) A helpful librarian at the temple of Apollo in Rome.
(b) A freedman who had worked for Postumus's father.
(c) One of the men who guarded Postumus on the island.
(d) One of the Roman Guards at the Imperial palace.

2. What title does Tiberius refuse on Livia's behalf?
(a) High Priestess to Augustus
(b) Dowager
(c) Mother of the Country
(d) Empress

3. How does Postumus send word to Claudius that he is alive?
(a) He sends Claudius a book with a hidden message in it.
(b) He asks an old soldier to deliver a verbal message.
(c) He hires a prostitute to pass a letter to Claudius.
(d) He encloses a note in a package of fruit.

4. What really happened to Postumus?
(a) He gave up his cause and disappeared.
(b) He agreed to go back to his island.
(c) He was tortured and then killed.
(d) He was captured and sent to Eqypt.

5. What does Castor promise Agrippina that he will do?
(a) Speak to Tiberius about the behavior of Piso
(b) Defend Germanicus's children and avenge his death
(c) Stand up to Livilla and get a divorce
(d) Investigate the haunting of the house in Antioch

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Augustus tell Claudius just a month before he died?

2. What omen is cited by Tiberius to show that Augustus should become a God?

3. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?

4. Who does Claudius fall in love with?

5. With Postumus gone, who is the sole heir to Augustus's crown?

(see the answer key)

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