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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what ancient city did Marcus Flavius Aquila grow up with his mother on the family farm?
(a) Clusium.
(b) Isca.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Calleva.

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

3. How long does Uncle Aquila say it has been since he has been to Eburacum in Chapter 10?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 15 years.

4. For how long does the garrison Surgeon say Marcus has been sleeping when he awakens in Chapter 4?
(a) Six or seven days.
(b) Two or three days.
(c) Three or four days.
(d) One or two days.

5. Galarius claims in Chapter 8 that an oculist's craft is one for a follower of whom?
(a) Aesculapius.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Procyon.
(d) Perseus.

6. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A wild cat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A wolf.

7. Who is Marcus's successor that is sent in from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Drusillus.
(b) Centurion Cassius.
(c) Centurion Clodius Maximus.
(d) Centurion Pilus Prior.

8. In how many days' time does Placidus say he will board the galley in Chapter 9?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) Six days.
(d) Four days.

9. What shocks Placidus about Marcus in Chapter 9?
(a) He is shocked to learn he was a Centurion.
(b) He is shocked that Marcus has not married.
(c) He is shocked that Marcus is alive.
(d) He is shocked to learn that he is related to the emperor.

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

11. What Legion "had been Marcus's shining goal for as long as he could remember" (9) according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) A Greek Legion.
(b) A German Legion.
(c) An Egyptian Legion.
(d) A British Legion.

12. What was the name of Cradoc's wife?
(a) Valaria.
(b) Narcissa.
(c) Margarita.
(d) Guinhumara.

13. Where does Rufrius Galarius have a medical practice?
(a) Anderida.
(b) Calleva.
(c) Durinum.
(d) Clusium.

14. 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?
(a) "Holy war."
(b) "War of revenge."
(c) "Global war."
(d) "Direct-contact war."

15. How is Cub's collar described?
(a) It is studded with gems.
(b) It is bronze-studded.
(c) It is gold-studded.
(d) It is chain-link.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What display of submission does Cub show when he returns home in Chapter 9?

3. How old was Esca when he became a warrior with his tribe?

4. Where is Centurion Quintus Hilarion's home?

5. What term refers to the elite unit of the Imperial Roman Army whose members serve as personal bodyguards to officials such as generals or governors?

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