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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 is an oculist?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A palm reader.
(c) An eye doctor.
(d) A ear doctor.

2. What word in Chapter 12 refers to a flat quick bread baked or cooked from grain?
(a) Bannock.
(b) Ludz.
(c) Pita.
(d) Pilum.

3. When does the narrator say is always the time to look for trouble in Chapter 2?
(a) A sun festival.
(b) A good harvest.
(c) A long rain.
(d) A bad harvest.

4. Where does Marcus recall having seen Cottia before when he meets her in Chapter 7?
(a) At the bakery.
(b) At her mother's wedding.
(c) At the Roman temple.
(d) At the Saturnalia Games.

5. What animal is the hunting party that Marcus encounters bringing back to their village in Chapter 14?
(a) A boar.
(b) A deer.
(c) A goat.
(d) An elk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the contractor's son who drives a chariot in Chapter 6?

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

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to an ancient Roman coin that equals one quarter of a denarius?

4. Who does Uncle Aquila refer to as the fat physician in Chapter 5?

5. What does Cottia say her aunt and uncle call her in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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