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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "The Waters of Lethe".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marcus call his wolf cub that he adopts?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Herpinius.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Cub.

2. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?
(a) Tartarus's.
(b) Esca's.
(c) Marcus's.
(d) Caesar's.

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to an ancient Roman coin that equals one quarter of a denarius?
(a) Procyon.
(b) Denari.
(c) Dinar.
(d) Sesterce.

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

5. The Wall in the North is described as spanning from Luguvallium to where in Chapter 11?
(a) Durinum.
(b) Eburacum.
(c) Segedunum.
(d) Anderida.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described in Chapter 2 as "a little red angry man who had missed promotion and grown overfull of his own importance in consequence" (19)?

3. What does the word "cockcrow" (44) refer to in Chapter 4?

4. What does the narrator describe Marcus's wolf cub hunting in Chapter 7?

5. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's elderly wolf-hound?

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