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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pollio bet Livy that Claudius is reading?
(a) The Classics
(b) Livia's book
(c) Love poems
(d) Trash

2. How long has Augustus ruled Rome?
(a) Sixty years
(b) Forty years
(c) Twenty years
(d) Fifty-five years

3. How does Marcellus die?
(a) Agrippa stabs him.
(b) Livia poisons him.
(c) He dies in battle.
(d) He commits suicide.

4. Germanicus promises Claudius, if he finds evidence that Postumus is innocent, he will. . .
(a) speak to Augustus about the matter.
(b) investigate the death of their father.
(c) rescue Postumus from the island himself.
(d) make sure that Livia was tried for her crimes.

5. Who does Claudius fall in love with?
(a) Agrippina
(b) Camilla
(c) Aemilia
(d) Julilla

Short Answer Questions

1. Augustus secretly frees Postumus from exile by. . .

2. What notable thing does Claudius do at his first games?

3. What is Claudius actually reading?

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

5. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?

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