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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Marcus's mare that he takes on his mission?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Minna.
(c) Crona.
(d) Vipsania.

2. What is the name of the Chieftan's maternal grandfather in Chapter 14?
(a) Tradui.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Pilum.
(d) Beppo.

3. What gemstone is in the ring that Marcus receives in Chapter 19?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Opal.
(c) Garnet.
(d) Ruby.

4. What is the name of the Chieftan's brother in Chapter 14?
(a) Liathan.
(b) Beppo.
(c) Pilum.
(d) Typhon.

5. Who is said to have discovered Marcus's ring-brooch by the loch in Chapter 19?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Gault.
(c) Anderida.
(d) Pilum.

6. What does Esca replace his and Marcus's horses with in Chapter 17?
(a) Ponies.
(b) A donkey.
(c) Sled dogs.
(d) A chariot.

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

8. What has the Chieftan's family been putting on their son's eyes in Chapter 14?
(a) Aloe vera.
(b) Deer lard.
(c) Toad's fat.
(d) Herbena.

9. Who is the Commanding Officer that Marcus has the Optio take him to see in Chapter 19?
(a) Centurion Pilum.
(b) Centurion Cassius.
(c) Centurion Drusillus.
(d) Centurion Herpinius.

10. Where do Marcus and Esca drop off their horses upon arriving home in Calleva?
(a) The Golden Vine.
(b) The Black Raven.
(c) The White Horse.
(d) The Green Garden.

11. What does Marcus wrap the Eagle in when it is placed in the altar in Chapter 20?
(a) His father's military cloak.
(b) His father's blanket.
(c) His mother's wedding gown.
(d) His old military cloak.

12. What is the name of Guern's wife?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Murna.
(d) Valaria.

13. To what people does Guern say he now belongs in Chapter 18?
(a) The Metheglin.
(b) The Procyon.
(c) The Selgovae.
(d) The Iceni.

14. Esca tells Marcus that he told the man who bought their horses that they were sired from whose stables?
(a) Queen Cartimandua's.
(b) Claudius Hieronimianus's.
(c) Centurion Clodius Maximus's.
(d) Perseus's.

15. What more than anything else is said to bring a woman the envy of her neighbors in Chapter 13?
(a) A wheeled wagon.
(b) A bronze cauldron.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A rickshaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esca sell his and Marcus's horses in Chapter 17?

2. What kind of trees are described in Chapter 11 as smelling like honey?

3. The Wall in the North is described as spanning from Luguvallium to where in Chapter 11?

4. What does Esca say he traded a black piglet for in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Marcus say he and Esca need a place far from the village huts in Chapter 16?

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