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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Esca refer to as "the Light of the Sun" (82) in Chapter 6?
(a) Aulus.
(b) Pilum.
(c) Lugh.
(d) Mithras.

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

3. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?
(a) A horse.
(b) A tortoise.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A snake.

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

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

6. What word in Chapter 6 refers to an ancient Roman coin that equals one quarter of a denarius?
(a) Denari.
(b) Dinar.
(c) Sesterce.
(d) Procyon.

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

8. What does Cottia say her aunt and uncle call her in Chapter 7?
(a) Celeste.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Caron.
(d) Coty.

9. How long has it been since Marcus's surgery in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Eight months.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Six months.

10. What word from the novel refers to Celtic peoples inhabiting present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Switzerland and other areas of Europe?
(a) Gauls.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Long-hairs.
(d) Pilum.

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

12. What is the name of Cottia's nurse?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Sassticca.
(d) Valaria.

13. What display of submission does Cub show when he returns home in Chapter 9?
(a) He rolls on his back and exposes his belly to him.
(b) He goes and brings Marcus his slippers.
(c) He licks Marcus's feet.
(d) He puts his lowered head between Marcus's knees.

14. Who does Cottia insist Marcus send to tell her after his surgery is over in Chapter 8?
(a) Esca.
(b) Procyon.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Tartarus.

15. What trait identifies Esca as a slave?
(a) A clipped ear.
(b) A chain on his neck.
(c) A branding.
(d) An earring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Marcus's father just been appointed as on his last departure, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of the Legate of the Sixth Legion that visits Uncle Aquila in Chapter 9?

3. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?

4. 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?

5. Galarius claims in Chapter 8 that an oculist's craft is one for a follower of whom?

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