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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: "The Feast of the New Spears".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Commander of the relief force that has arrived to help Marcus's battalion fight the tribesmen in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Herpinius.
(b) Centurion Drusillus.
(c) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(d) Centurion Clodius Maximus.

2. What false name does Marcus give to the guards at the North Gate in Chapter 11?
(a) Demetrius of Alexandria.
(b) Lurorius of Lethe.
(c) Centurion Paulus.
(d) The Quartermaster.

3. Who is the Chieftain of the hunting party that Marcus encounters in Chapter 14?
(a) Beppo.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Dergdian.
(d) Pilum.

4. To what god does Marcus pray in Chapter 3?
(a) Pan.
(b) Odin.
(c) Mithras.
(d) Zeus.

5. What song does the stranger with the deer sing when he approaches Marcus and Esca in Chapter 12?
(a) "The Long Journey in the Night."
(b) "The Girl I Kissed at Closium."
(c) "Arms to Caesar."
(d) "The Flowers of Tarstevere."

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does "draughts" refer to?

2. Who is described in Chapter 2 as "a little red angry man who had missed promotion and grown overfull of his own importance in consequence" (19)?

3. What word from the novel refers to a civil officer or lay judge that administers the law?

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

5. Where has Uncle Aquila invited Marcus to spend his leave with him in Chapter 1?

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