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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Getafix show Caligula?
(a) A room full of maps.
(b) A door with many keys.
(c) A tub full of toys.
(d) A cauldron full of potion.

2. What do the Romans do to the small man who loses in their game?
(a) Dress him as a Gaul, chain him, and escort him to the village.
(b) Lock him up, throw away the key, and put him underground.
(c) Take away his clothes, his dignity, and his hair.
(d) Put up on a scaffold, bind him, and announce his death.

3. Where does Asterix hide while traveling with his new friend, the business person, to find Getafix?
(a) Under the caravan.
(b) Inside the boat's galley.
(c) Below the furs.
(d) In the hay inside the cart.

4. What do the Roman soldiers say to Crismus Bonus about their spy?
(a) He infiltrated the Gaul village.
(b) He has been killed.
(c) He has been victorious in battle.
(d) He has been captured.

5. What does the Romans' actions towards Caligula reveal about them?
(a) They are warm and generous.
(b) They are loving and compassionate.
(c) They are feisty and stupid.
(d) They are treacherous and deceitful.

6. What will the person who captured Getaflx receive as a reward for his work?
(a) A boat full of treasure.
(b) A role in the military.
(c) A trip to the circus.
(d) A bag of gold.

7. What does Obelix observe about the Romans who attacked Asterix?
(a) They will overtake all the Gaul villages once and for all.
(b) They will be angry for being defeated by one man alone.
(c) They will rise up from the dead to commit revenge.
(d) They will grow in numbers and strength.

8. What does Chief Vitalstatistix declare that it is a time for?
(a) Fighting and war.
(b) Sleep and rest.
(c) Eating and cooking.
(d) Revelry and dance.

9. What does Asterix do to the soldiers who attack him?
(a) Criticize them.
(b) Burn them.
(c) Defeat them.
(d) Lock them up.

10. How many soldiers attack Asterix while he is hunting?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

11. What does the business person tell Asterix about the druid?
(a) Where he was born.
(b) What he does for a living.
(c) How he was captured.
(d) Where he was sleeping.

12. What happens when Asterix and Obelix fight the Roman soldiers?
(a) It is a tie.
(b) They lose.
(c) They both are caught in a flood.
(d) They win.

13. Who is the illustrator of the graphic novel Asterix the Gaul?
(a) Rene Goscinny.
(b) Asterix Getafix.
(c) Crismus Bonus.
(d) Albert Uderzo.

14. When the Gauls do not seem too concerned that Caligula knows their secret, what does this reveal?
(a) They are dim-witted.
(b) They are too laidback and lazy.
(c) The ingredients are complicated.
(d) They have given up their fight.

15. What are some of the motions called for before commencing the event that Chief Vitalstatistix is eager to start?
(a) Pulling mustaches.
(b) Clanging cymbals.
(c) Playing the flute.
(d) Hitting a drum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Asterix and Obelix hide from the Roman soldiers?

2. What might Getaflx have taken to maintain his composure?

3. What is Obelix's relationship to Asterix?

4. What does the impostor see when he travels through the Gaul village?

5. Who is the leader of the Compendium?

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