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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Praetorian Guard.
(b) The Garden Guard.
(c) The First Cohort of the Hispania.
(d) The First Senate Guard.

2. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) The Conquests of the Roman Empire.
(b) The Strategies of Celtic Warfare.
(c) The History of Siege Warfare.
(d) The Times of Julius Caesar.

3. What shapes on the shield-boss does Esca say expresses the nature of his people in Chapter 7?
(a) Curves.
(b) Zig-zags.
(c) Straight lines.
(d) Flowers.

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

5. Where does Marcus recall having seen Cottia before when he meets her in Chapter 7?
(a) At her mother's wedding.
(b) At the Roman temple.
(c) At the Saturnalia Games.
(d) At the bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the master of the circus slaves that Marcus goes to see in Chapter 6?

2. What is the age difference between Uncle Aquila and Marcus's father?

3. Who is referred to as the father of all ills in Chapter 1?

4. Where is the Legate of the Sixth Legion from, according to the narrator in Chapter 9?

5. What kind of ancestry is suggested by Placidus's appearance in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Marcus been assigned in Chapter 2? How many men does he command?

2. What does Cottia tell Marcus when she appears in the garden in Chapter 8?

3. What is Esca's history? For how long has he been a slave?

4. How are the slaves described in Uncle Aquila's home?

5. Who is brought in to examine Marcus's leg in Chapter 8? Why?

6. Why does Marcus grant Esca his freedom in Chapter 10?

7. What two stories inspired the author to write The Eagle of the Ninth, according to her Prologue?

8. Where is Marcus being tended to in Chapter 4? By whom is he being care for?

9. What rumor regarding the Eagle does the Legate describe in Chapter 10?

10. How does Marcus feel about the end of his career with the Eagles?

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