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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Healer with the Knife".

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The Conquests of the Roman Empire.
(b) The History of Siege Warfare.
(c) The Strategies of Celtic Warfare.
(d) The Times of Julius Caesar.

2. What rank are Legion Commanders almost always, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Senator's rank.
(b) Governor's rank.
(c) Emperor's rank.
(d) Layman's rank.

3. What word from the novel refers to an open-roofed central court in an ancient Roman home?
(a) Foyer.
(b) Pilum.
(c) Typhon.
(d) Atrium.

4. Who is Marcus's successor that is sent in from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(b) Centurion Drusillus.
(c) Centurion Cassius.
(d) Centurion Clodius Maximus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What shapes on the shield-boss does Esca say expresses the nature of his people in Chapter 7?

3. From what tribe has Cottia and her family descended?

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

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

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