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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "Esca".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the elite unit of the Imperial Roman Army whose members serve as personal bodyguards to officials such as generals or governors?
(a) The Praetorian Guard.
(b) The Garden Guard.
(c) The First Senate Guard.
(d) The First Cohort of the Hispania.

2. What is initially found to be creating the noise outside of the fort in Chapter 3?
(a) Stray cattle.
(b) Stray dogs.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Wolves.

3. Who will take command of the fort until Marcus's relief can be sent from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Clodius Maximus.
(b) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(c) Centurion Herpinius.
(d) Centurion Drusillus.

4. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?
(a) Tartarus's.
(b) Caesar's.
(c) Marcus's.
(d) Esca's.

5. What is the name of Kaeso's wife?
(a) Valaria.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Alexandra.
(d) Mina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marcus tell to muster the squadron and hold them in readiness in Chapter 3?

2. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's old Greek body-slave?

3. What word from the novel refers to a civil officer or lay judge that administers the law?

4. How old was Esca when he became a warrior with his tribe?

5. What is the name of the Surgeon of Marcus's garrison that tends to him in Chapter 4?

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