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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the novel refers to Celtic peoples inhabiting present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and other areas of Europe?
(a) Pilum.
(b) Long-hairs.
(c) Gauls.
(d) Vikings.

2. What does Cottia say her aunt and uncle call her in Chapter 7?
(a) Coty.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Celeste.
(d) Caron.

3. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a javelin that was commonly used by the Roman army and generally was about six feet long?
(a) Chariot.
(b) Arbetum.
(c) Pilum.
(d) Scythe.

4. Where does Marcus tell Esca he bought his dagger in Chapter 7?
(a) Anderida.
(b) Durinum.
(c) Pilum.
(d) Isca.

5. Who does Uncle Aquila refer to as the fat physician in Chapter 5?
(a) Lutorius.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Ulpius.
(d) Tartarus.

6. What rank are Legion Commanders almost always, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Layman's rank.
(b) Emperor's rank.
(c) Governor's rank.
(d) Senator's rank.

7. What shocks Placidus about Marcus in Chapter 9?
(a) He is shocked that Marcus has not married.
(b) He is shocked that Marcus is alive.
(c) He is shocked to learn that he is related to the emperor.
(d) He is shocked to learn he was a Centurion.

8. Who goes to fetch Esca the slave and bring him to Uncle Aquila's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Stephanos.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Procyon.
(d) Herpinius.

9. What word refers to an ancient Roman silver coin, originally worth ten asses?
(a) Cockle.
(b) Pence.
(c) Dinar.
(d) Denarius.

10. 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) "War of revenge."
(b) "Global war."
(c) "Holy war."
(d) "Direct-contact war."

11. What is an oculist?
(a) A ear doctor.
(b) A fortune teller.
(c) An eye doctor.
(d) A palm reader.

12. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A wild cat.
(d) A snake.

13. What is the name of the Surgeon of Marcus's garrison that tends to him in Chapter 4?
(a) Aulus.
(b) Lutorius.
(c) Esca.
(d) Tartarus.

14. 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 Garden Guard.
(b) The First Cohort of the Hispania.
(c) The First Senate Guard.
(d) The Praetorian Guard.

15. What is the name of Cottia's nurse?
(a) Valaria.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Narcissa.
(d) Sassticca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commands the fort's one squadron of Dacian Horse, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

2. In whose charge does Marcus leave Cub as he sets out on his mission in Chapter 10?

3. What is indicated by the appearance of the Eagle in the far North in Chapter 10?

4. How long does Uncle Aquila say it has been since he has been to Eburacum in Chapter 10?

5. Who is the Commander of the relief force that has arrived to help Marcus's battalion fight the tribesmen in Chapter 4?

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