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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Claudius meet Assinius Pollio?
(a) In a public bathhouse
(b) At the Apollo Library
(c) Out on a busy street
(d) At the Imperial Palace

2. Who kills the German soldier who offered to fight "any Roman?"
(a) Augustus
(b) Cassius Chærea
(c) Roach
(d) Germanicus

3. What does Claudius think is the reason for the low marriage rate?
(a) Marrying the wrong family risks death
(b) There are no pretty girls left
(c) Single women have more rights
(d) Prostitutes are cheaper and nicer

4. Livia finds out about Postumus's escape by. . .
(a) grilling Claudius for what he knows about it.
(b) torturing one of Augustus's slaves.
(c) reading some letters that Augustus wrote.
(d) asking the wife of the man who helped Augustus.

5. Why does Claudius become engaged to Urgulanilla?
(a) It gives him more political status
(b) He falls in love with her
(c) Augustus asks him to marry her
(d) As a favor to Livia's friend

Short Answer Questions

1. What events trigger political unrest in Rome in 5 A.D.?

2. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?

3. What is Claudius actually reading?

4. What does Livia send to her son, Drusus?

5. How do Livia and Urgulania describe the marriage of Claudius and Urgulanilla?

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