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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: "Valedictory".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city now sits at the location of the historic Eburacum?
(a) York.
(b) Canterbury.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. What Roman wine does Uncle Aquila share with his guests in Chapter 10?
(a) Falernian wine.
(b) Pinot noir.
(c) Chian wine.
(d) Vermouth.

3. What kind of war does Centurion Quintus Hilarion say is "ever the most deadly kind, for it recks nothing of consequences" (15) in Chapter 1?
(a) "Holy war."
(b) "Direct-contact war."
(c) "War of revenge."
(d) "Global war."

4. What is Esca's full name?
(a) Esca Clodius Maximus.
(b) Esca Lutorius.
(c) Esca Mac Cunoval.
(d) Esca Lutus Procyon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the legendary founder of the Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans in Greek mythology?

2. Where has Marcus's wolf cub been put during his surgery in Chapter 8?

3. To what god does Marcus pray in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Marcus recall having seen Cottia before when he meets her in Chapter 7?

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

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