Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then decide whether each student sample is plagiarized or uses the source correctly. If the student sample is plagiarized, click on Plagiarized; if the sample is acceptable, click on OK.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE
When Claudius died in October 54, at the age of sixty-three, there were several divergent accounts of what had caused his death. But according to the version which subsequently prevailed most widely, [his wife] Agrippina had killed him with poisoned mushrooms. This must be regarded as likely though not quite certain, since accidental loss of life frequently occurs in Italy owing to confusions between the harmless mushroom boletus edulis and the fatal amanita phalloides. Besides Agrippina had cleared the ground adequately for [her son] Nero’s succession, and only had to wait. But perhaps that was just what she dared not do, because if Nero, who was nearly seventeen, did not come to the throne fairly soon, he might no longer be young enough to need her as his effective regent.
From Grant, Michael. The Twelve Caesars. New York: Scribner’s, 1975.
[The source passage is from page 147.]
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