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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who has conquered the Gauls in the first section of the book?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Romans.

6. How does Asterix discover that Caligula is a spy?
(a) By pulling off his mustache.
(b) By hearing him talk in private.
(c) By watching him take notes.
(d) By checking his pockets.

7. Who issues threats at the small man who loses in the game played by the Roman soldiers?
(a) Crismus Bonus.
(b) Bard Cacofonix.
(c) Getafix Vital.
(d) Caligula Minus.

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

9. Apart from occasional attacks by whom, does peace reign between the Gauls and Romans?
(a) Romans.
(b) Germans.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Greeks.

10. What is the impostor determined to do after he explores the Gaul village?
(a) Undermine the authority of the Greeks.
(b) Fight alongside the Gauls.
(c) Become appointed a leader in the army.
(d) Reveal the source of strength of the Gauls.

11. What does Getafix refuse to give Asterix?
(a) The jewel.
(b) The book.
(c) The recipe.
(d) The ring.

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

13. Who does Asterix introduce the impostor to?
(a) Crismus and Caesar.
(b) Obelix and Caligula.
(c) Chief Vitalstatistix and Getafix.
(d) Minus and Mingus.

14. What does Getafix use in his search in the tree when Asterix comes to him?
(a) Magic spells.
(b) Golden sickle.
(c) Leather noose.
(d) Bow and arrow.

15. What does Asterix do to the chains holding the impostor?
(a) Welds them.
(b) Ties them.
(c) Breaks them.
(d) Melts them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Getafix refuse to give up during his capture?

2. Where is the only village that refuses to surrender to Caesar?

3. What does Getafix seem able to do no matter how much he is tested?

4. What does Crismus ask Caligula to do to see the power of Getafix's magic?

5. What does Asterix say that he is going to do to his Roman friends when he arrives?

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