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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Attack!".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Cohort Commander that leads the Auxiliaries down the road in Chapter 1?
(a) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Cassius.
(d) Centurion Drusillus.

2. What rank are Legion Commanders almost always, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Layman's rank.
(b) Governor's rank.
(c) Emperor's rank.
(d) Senator's rank.

3. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A dragon.
(b) A wild cat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A snake.

4. What does Marcus offer in a bet to Cradoc in Chapter 2?
(a) A ring.
(b) A brooch.
(c) A pocketwatch.
(d) A bird.

5. Approximately how long should it take reinforcements to reach Marcus's garrison after the smoke signal has been sent up in Chapter 3?
(a) Four to five days.
(b) Five to six days.
(c) Two to three days.
(d) Nine to ten days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What city now sits at the location of the historic Eburacum?

3. 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?

4. What is Cradoc's profession?

5. What kind of war does Centurion Quintus Hilarion say is "ever the most deadly kind, for it recks nothing of consequences" (15) in Chapter 1?

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