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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the biggest obstacle to the plot to assassinate Caligula?
(a) Caligula had a strong network of spies in the palace.
(b) Most of the people in Rome still loved Caligula.
(c) The German bodyguards were fanatically devoted to him.
(d) No one was sure if Caligula was mortal or immortal.

2. Which historian does Claudius hope to emulate?
(a) Cato
(b) Sulpicius
(c) Livy
(d) Pollio

3. The Senator Incitatus was:
(a) Caligula's favorite race horse
(b) Senator Gallus's nephew
(c) The first non-Roman Senator
(d) An actor who made fun of Senators

4. Cassius Chærea was disgusted when Caligula made him:
(a) Torture a young noble woman.
(b) Play horsie for Drusilla.
(c) Kill a batch of puppies.
(d) Get married to a young boy.

5. What does Livia demand Tiberius to do with the letter from his brother, Drusus?
(a) Throw it into the fire
(b) Read it aloud immediately
(c) Send it back unread
(d) Send it to Augustus

Short Answer Questions

1. To avoid conflict with Julia, Tiberius decides to. . .

2. The key to Livia and Augustus's higher cipher was found in the first chapter of. . .

3. What project does Livia stop Claudius from completing?

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

5. What title does Tiberius refuse to use in Rome?

(see the answer key)

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