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

2. Where was Marcus sent upon arriving in Britain in late autumn, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Essex.
(c) London.
(d) Isca.

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

4. Who is referred to in Chapter 4 as "A most efficient officer ... with the air of a grey-headed Legate" (52)?
(a) Centurion Cassius.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Maximus.
(d) Centurion Pilus Prior.

5. Who is the cook at Uncle Aquila's home?
(a) Sassticca.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Tartarus.
(d) Lutorius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Marcus tell his replacement commander he will do if he lets the Cohort go to ruin in Chapter 4?

3. What bird does Marcus observe when he first awakens in Chapter 4?

4. Where is Centurion Quintus Hilarion's home?

5. Who is the Commander of the relief force that has arrived to help Marcus's battalion fight the tribesmen in Chapter 4?

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