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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. Where does Centurion Drusillus suggest calling in reinforcements from in Chapter 3?
(a) Clusium.
(b) Valencia.
(c) Calleva.
(d) Durinum.

2. Approximately how many men has Marcus's garrison lost (killed or wounded) by the end of the second attack in Chapter 3?
(a) About 50.
(b) Over 80.
(c) About 30.
(d) Over 100.

3. Near what ancient city did Marcus Flavius Aquila grow up with his mother on the family farm?
(a) Clusium.
(b) Calleva.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Isca.

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

5. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) The Strategies of Celtic Warfare.
(b) The Times of Julius Caesar.
(c) The History of Siege Warfare.
(d) The Conquests of the Roman Empire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcus offer in a bet to Cradoc in Chapter 2?

2. Where does Uncle Aquila say the only woman he ever cared for is buried in Chapter 5?

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

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

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

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