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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 Marcus suggest Cradoc put up to wager in their bet in Chapter 2?
(a) A silver brooch.
(b) A hunting spear.
(c) His horses.
(d) His cloak.

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

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

4. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A wild cat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A wolf.

5. What does Marcus offer in a bet to Cradoc in Chapter 2?
(a) A bird.
(b) A brooch.
(c) A ring.
(d) A pocketwatch.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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