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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Name all of Julia's husbands.
(a) Marcellus, Agrippa, and Tiberius
(b) Marcellus and Drusus
(c) Agrippa, Tiberius, and Drusus
(d) Agrippa and Tiberius

2. Why did neither Tiberius or Livia attend the Roman funeral for Germanicus?
(a) They were too grief-stricken by his death.
(b) They were busy reviewing the annual tax records.
(c) They would have been attacked by the people there.
(d) They did not want to encounter his wife, Agrippina.

3. What does Livia ask Plancina to do?
(a) To leave Rome and return to Syria after Piso's death
(b) Persuade Piso to kill himself before the trial ends
(c) Use her witchcraft to kill Agrippina and her children
(d) Get the incriminating letter that Livia wrote to Piso

4. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?
(a) Chief Ponticate
(b) Augustus
(c) Emperor
(d) Protector of the People

5. What distinction does Claudius make between Tiberius and Germanicus?
(a) Tiberius was a freethinker, Germanicus was devoutly religious
(b) Tiberius was loyal to Livia, while Germanicus was loyal to Rome
(c) Tiberius was more decisive, Germanicus was more cautious
(d) Tiberius was a bad Claudian, while Germanicus was a good one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Sejanus arrange for Claudius to marry?

3. How does Tiberius die?

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

5. When does Tiberius repay Germanicus for the gold coins he gave to the soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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