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

2. What had Marcus's father just been appointed as on his last departure, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) The Sixth Legion of Egypt.
(b) The Praetorian Guard.
(c) The First Legion of Egypt.
(d) First Cohort of the Hispania.

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

4. What is the name of the Surgeon of Marcus's garrison that tends to him in Chapter 4?
(a) Aulus.
(b) Lutorius.
(c) Tartarus.
(d) Esca.

5. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?
(a) Esca's.
(b) Tartarus's.
(c) Marcus's.
(d) Caesar's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Legion "had been Marcus's shining goal for as long as he could remember" (9) according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

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

4. What word from the novel refers to Celtic peoples inhabiting present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and other areas of Europe?

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

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