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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: "Tribune Placidus".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city now sits at the location of the historic Eburacum?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

2. What does the narrator describe Marcus's wolf cub hunting in Chapter 7?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Cats.
(d) Mice.

3. Who is the Cohort Commander that leads the Auxiliaries down the road in Chapter 1?
(a) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Drusillus.
(d) Centurion Cassius.

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

5. Who was the legendary founder of the Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty of Danaans in Greek mythology?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Mithras.
(d) Procyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Marcus's father just been appointed as on his last departure, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What are the only adornments that Uncle Aquila allows on his walls?

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

4. What kind of war does Centurion Quintus Hilarion say is "ever the most deadly kind, for it recks nothing of consequences" (15) in Chapter 1?

5. What kind of spirit does Galarius bring for Marcus to drink after his surgery in Chapter 8?

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