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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 song does the stranger with the deer sing when he approaches Marcus and Esca in Chapter 12?
(a) "Arms to Caesar."
(b) "The Girl I Kissed at Closium."
(c) "The Long Journey in the Night."
(d) "The Flowers of Tarstevere."

2. What is indicated by the appearance of the Eagle in the far North in Chapter 10?
(a) It indicates that the Hispana mutinied and killed their leaders.
(b) It indicates that the Hispana sold the Eagle.
(c) It indicates that the Eagle is a fake.
(d) It indicates that the Hispana went down fighting.

3. What is the age difference between Uncle Aquila and Marcus's father?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 12 years.

4. 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) "War of revenge."
(c) "Direct-contact war."
(d) "Global war."

5. Who is Marcus's successor that is sent in from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Clodius Maximus.
(b) Centurion Drusillus.
(c) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(d) Centurion Cassius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Chieftan's maternal grandfather in Chapter 14?

2. What word in Chapter 6 refers to an ancient Roman coin that equals one quarter of a denarius?

3. What is engraved on the gold bracelet that is bestowed to Marcus in Chapter 5 (56)?

4. What game does "draughts" refer to?

5. How many lives were lost in the recovering of the "winged god" (196), according to the Chieftan's grandfather in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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