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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 former Roman province is Marcus setting out for in his mission in Chapter 10?
(a) Anderida.
(b) Eburacum.
(c) Isca.
(d) Valentia.

2. Who is Marcus's successor that is sent in from Isca in Chapter 4?
(a) Centurion Drusillus.
(b) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(c) Centurion Clodius Maximus.
(d) Centurion Cassius.

3. What is an oculist?
(a) An eye doctor.
(b) A ear doctor.
(c) A palm reader.
(d) A fortune teller.

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

5. Who is referred to in Chapter 4 as "A most efficient officer ... with the air of a grey-headed Legate" (52)?
(a) Centurion Herpinius.
(b) Centurion Cassius.
(c) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(d) Centurion Maximus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Roman wine does Uncle Aquila share with his guests in Chapter 10?

2. How long has it been since Marcus's surgery in the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. Where was Uncle Aquila when his time fell due for parting with the Eagles?

4. Whom does Esca refer to as "the Light of the Sun" (82) in Chapter 6?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is visiting Uncle Aquila in Chapter 9? Why?

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

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

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

8. What does Marcus consider doing in his future in Chapter 9?

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

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

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