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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Legion "had been Marcus's shining goal for as long as he could remember" (9) according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) An Egyptian Legion.
(b) A British Legion.
(c) A German Legion.
(d) A Greek Legion.

2. To what god does Marcus pray in Chapter 3?
(a) Mithras.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pan.
(d) Odin.

3. Where is Centurion Quintus Hilarion's home?
(a) Calleva.
(b) Isca.
(c) Clusium.
(d) Durinum.

4. What does the word "Tophet" (40) refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Woman.
(b) Man.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

5. Who is referred to as the father of all ills in Chapter 1?
(a) Clusium.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Aulus.
(d) Pilum.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. Approximately how long should it take reinforcements to reach Marcus's garrison after the smoke signal has been sent up in Chapter 3?

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

4. Who does Marcus tell to muster the squadron and hold them in readiness in Chapter 3?

5. Near what ancient city did Marcus Flavius Aquila grow up with his mother on the family farm?

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