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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's old Greek body-slave?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Lutorius.
(d) Stephanos.

2. 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?
(a) Lutorius.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Ethyne.
(d) Typhon.

3. How do the gods show themselves, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?
(a) In full moons.
(b) In new moons.
(c) In the sun.
(d) In the stars.

4. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?
(a) A tortoise.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A horse.

5. Who does Uncle Aquila refer to as the fat physician in Chapter 5?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Ulpius.
(c) Typhon.
(d) Lutorius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a javelin that was commonly used by the Roman army and generally was about six feet long?

2. How old was Uncle Aquila's only love when she died?

3. Who is Marcus's second-in-command?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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