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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17: "The Wild Hunt".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the cook at Uncle Aquila's home?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Sassticca.
(c) Lutorius.
(d) Typhon.

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

3. What word from Chapter 9 means a feeling of unease or embarrassment?
(a) Indemnity.
(b) Disillusion.
(c) Detraction.
(d) Discomfiture.

4. What former Roman province is Marcus setting out for in his mission in Chapter 10?
(a) Anderida.
(b) Isca.
(c) Valentia.
(d) Eburacum.

5. 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.

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. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?

3. What does Esca describe the passing Legion carrying as they marched North in Chapter 6?

4. What does the narrator describe Marcus's wolf cub hunting in Chapter 7?

5. What does Marcus notice a scar from on Guern's chin in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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