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

2. What word from Chapter 9 means a feeling of unease or embarrassment?
(a) Discomfiture.
(b) Disillusion.
(c) Indemnity.
(d) Detraction.

3. From what tribe has Cottia and her family descended?
(a) The Iceni tribe.
(b) The Catuvellauni tribe.
(c) The Belgae tribe.
(d) The Atrebate tribe.

4. Who is the cook at Uncle Aquila's home?
(a) Lutorius.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Sassticca.
(d) Typhon.

5. What did the Romans apply to their enemies' land so that crops would be destroyed?
(a) Salt.
(b) Sand.
(c) Coal.
(d) Dung.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 2 as "a little red angry man who had missed promotion and grown overfull of his own importance in consequence" (19)?

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

3. What does the word "cockcrow" (44) refer to in Chapter 4?

4. Approximately how long should it take reinforcements to reach Marcus's garrison after the smoke signal has been sent up in Chapter 3?

5. What Centurion does the narrator say is overfond of using his vine-staff on his men's backs in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Cottia described when her character is first introduced?

3. What does the rose in the wine jar symbolize?

4. Why does Marcus worry he may be making a laughing stock out of himself in Chapter 3?

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

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

7. From what narrative point of view is the novel related?

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

9. What information does Marcus learn of the conclusion of the battle in Chapter 4?

10. When and where is The Eagle of the Ninth set?

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