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

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

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

4. Who is Marcus's second-in-command?
(a) Centurion Esca.
(b) Centurion Drusillus.
(c) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(d) Centurion Paulus.

5. What is initially found to be creating the noise outside of the fort in Chapter 3?
(a) Stray dogs.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Stray cattle.
(d) Chickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator say is always the time to look for trouble in Chapter 2?

2. Where was Marcus sent upon arriving in Britain in late autumn, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. What shocks Placidus about Marcus in Chapter 9?

4. What does the spear that Esca carries mark him as, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?

5. For how long does the garrison Surgeon say Marcus has been sleeping when he awakens in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Marcus buy the slave Esca?

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

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

5. How did Tribune Placidus insult Esca at the hunt in Chapter 6?

6. Why does Marcus release Cub in the wild?

7. How does Cottia feel about Roman culture and about her aunt?

8. What happens when the chariots attack in Chapter 3?

9. How is Marcus's surgery described in Chapter 8?

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

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