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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Getafix go with soldiers in search of ingredients?
(a) Cave.
(b) Meadow.
(c) Forest.
(d) Cellar.

2. What area does the cart seller leave by the end of Section 3?
(a) Colliseum.
(b) Compendium.
(c) Caves.
(d) Collateral.

3. Who plots against Caesar?
(a) Marcus Ginantonicus and Asterix the Gaul.
(b) Getafix and Asterix the Gaul.
(c) Asterix the Gaul and Crismus Bonus.
(d) Crismus Bonus and Marcus Ginantonicus.

4. Who is the messenger that returns carrying the missing ingredient Getafix needs?
(a) Crismus Bonus.
(b) Asterix the Gaul.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Tullius Octopus.

5. What is the message or lesson concerning the consequence given to the conspirators?
(a) Wrong begets punishment.
(b) Good is hard to come by.
(c) Wrong begets wrong.
(d) It is hard to define what is right or wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers do to Asterix at Crismus' command?

2. What does Crismus accuse Getafix of doing?

3. How does Crismus realize that he is at the mercy of Getafix?

4. When Crismus tries to test his new strength, what is he able to lift?

5. Who drinks the antidote to prove that hair is not growing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the foolish cart seller?

2. What happens when the Gauls convey the antidote to the Romans?

3. How does Asterix redeem himself in front of Caesar?

4. How does the audience receive the lesson or message that "wrong begets punishment" in the final section of the novel?

5. What makes Crismus furious with Asterix and Getaflix?

6. Why does Crismus Bonus cry?

7. What does the cloak in the tent signify?

8. How does Asterix gain access to Getaflix's tent?

9. Why is Caesar not impressed with Crismus?

10. How does Asterix fool Crismus Bonus into thinking that he and Getaflix are at Crismus' mercy?

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