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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "Esca".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Kaeso's wife?
(a) Valaria.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Mina.
(d) Alexandra.

2. What is the name of the deep abyss used as a dungeon of torment from ancient Greek mythology that is referred to in Chapter 3?
(a) Lutorius.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Ethyne.
(d) Tartarus.

3. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) The Strategies of Celtic Warfare.
(b) The Times of Julius Caesar.
(c) The History of Siege Warfare.
(d) The Conquests of the Roman Empire.

4. Where was Uncle Aquila when his time fell due for parting with the Eagles?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Judaea.
(c) China.
(d) Roman Britain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is initially found to be creating the noise outside of the fort in Chapter 3?

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

3. What did the Romans apply to their enemies' land so that crops would be destroyed?

4. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?

5. For how long does Esca say he has been a slave in Chapter 6?

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