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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 term refers to the elite unit of the Imperial Roman Army whose members serve as personal bodyguards to officials such as generals or governors?
(a) The First Senate Guard.
(b) The Praetorian Guard.
(c) The Garden Guard.
(d) The First Cohort of the Hispania.

2. Where was Uncle Aquila when his time fell due for parting with the Eagles?
(a) China.
(b) Judaea.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Roman Britain.

3. 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 Greek Legion.
(c) A British Legion.
(d) A German Legion.

4. Who is Marcus's second-in-command?
(a) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(b) Centurion Drusillus.
(c) Centurion Paulus.
(d) Centurion Esca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's old Greek body-slave?

2. What does the word "Tophet" (40) refer to in Chapter 3?

3. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?

4. Who is referred to as the father of all ills in Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

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