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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Kaeso's wife?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Mina.
(d) Valaria.

3. What was Cottia's father doing when he was killed?
(a) Breaking a horse.
(b) Hunting boar.
(c) Sailing a ship.
(d) Battling the Celts.

4. Where was Marcus sent upon arriving in Britain in late autumn, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Valencia.
(b) Essex.
(c) Isca.
(d) London.

5. What bird does Marcus observe when he first awakens in Chapter 4?
(a) A raven.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A crow.
(d) A pigeon.

6. What Roman wine does Uncle Aquila share with his guests in Chapter 10?
(a) Chian wine.
(b) Pinot noir.
(c) Vermouth.
(d) Falernian wine.

7. What is the name of the Surgeon of Marcus's garrison that tends to him in Chapter 4?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Esca.
(c) Lutorius.
(d) Aulus.

8. In whose charge does Marcus leave Cub as he sets out on his mission in Chapter 10?
(a) Uncle Aquila.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Cottia.
(d) Stephano.

9. Who does Centurion Quintus Hilarion warn Marcus about in Chapter 1?
(a) The passing traders.
(b) The Druids.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The Catholic priests.

10. Who is the Tribune that Esca describes getting into a quarrel with at the wolf-hunt in Chapter 6?
(a) Lucius Urbanus.
(b) Procyon.
(c) Herpinius.
(d) Placidus.

11. Where has Uncle Aquila invited Marcus to spend his leave with him in Chapter 1?
(a) Durinum.
(b) Isca.
(c) Calleva.
(d) Clusium.

12. What does Marcus tell his replacement commander he will do if he lets the Cohort go to ruin in Chapter 4?
(a) Kill his mother.
(b) Poison his wine.
(c) Never speak to him again.
(d) Come and choke him.

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

14. What had Marcus's father just been appointed as on his last departure, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) The First Legion of Egypt.
(b) The Sixth Legion of Egypt.
(c) First Cohort of the Hispania.
(d) The Praetorian Guard.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What beloved game of Legionairies and gladiators does Marcus teach Cottia in Chapter 8?

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

4. Who is Marcus's successor that is sent in from Isca in Chapter 4?

5. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

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