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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tiberius do when he meets with Agrippina?
(a) Promises to help her any way that he can
(b) Calls her a traitor and cuts off her head
(c) Beats her senseless with a vine sapling
(d) Tries to seduce her in his bedchamber

2. What kind of animal does Livia compare Claudius to?
(a) A wolf
(b) A parrot
(c) A lemur
(d) A lion

3. Why did Tiberius allow Agrippina to remain alive and free?
(a) She was still under Livia's protection.
(b) He was hoping she would consent to marry him.
(c) He still had warm feelings for Germanicus.
(d) She was the mother of his grandchildren.

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

5. What does Sejanus advise Claudius not to do?
(a) Divorce his wife Urgulanilla
(b) Get married again too soon
(c) Bet on the Leek Green chariot team
(d) Spend too much time with Agrippina

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sejanus arrange for Claudius to marry?

2. What was the amount of time the Roman soldiers wanted to serve before being discharged?

3. Where is Senator Gallus when the Roman Guards come to arrest him?

4. How did Antonia die?

5. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?

(see the answer key)

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