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

2. Where is the Legate of the Sixth Legion from, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Egypt.

3. What word from the novel refers to a civil officer or lay judge that administers the law?
(a) Embezzler.
(b) Mitigator.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Articulator.

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 snake.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A wild cat.
(d) A wolf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the contractor's son who drives a chariot in Chapter 6?

2. Where does Marcus tell Esca he bought his dagger in Chapter 7?

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to an ancient Roman coin that equals one quarter of a denarius?

4. Who is Marcus's second-in-command?

5. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's elderly wolf-hound?

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