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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who will take command of the fort until Marcus's relief can be sent from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Herpinius.
(b) Centurion Clodius Maximus.
(c) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(d) Centurion Drusillus.

2. What word from the novel refers to a civil officer or lay judge that administers the law?
(a) Articulator.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Embezzler.
(d) Mitigator.

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

4. What is Cradoc's profession?
(a) He is a hunter and horse-dealer.
(b) He is a baker and a money-lender.
(c) He is a bounty hunter.
(d) He is a jailer.

5. What is initially found to be creating the noise outside of the fort in Chapter 3?
(a) Stray dogs.
(b) Stray cattle.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Kaeso's wife?

2. Where does Centurion Drusillus suggest calling in reinforcements from in Chapter 3?

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

4. What bird does Marcus observe when he first awakens in Chapter 4?

5. How do the gods show themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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