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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Portents: Chapters 16 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tiro react to these events in Chapter 2?
(a) He runs away, afraid.
(b) He is shocked and disgusted.
(c) He yells for help.
(d) He is ready to fight.

2. How does Gordianus react to the events in Chapter 2?
(a) He does not want to get involved.
(b) He pulls his sword on the gladiators.
(c) He hides behind a wall.
(d) He tells Tiro to run home and get his master.

3. Why does Roscius not want to go to trial?
(a) He is worried he will be killed no matter what.
(b) He is afraid for what will become of his wife and daughters.
(c) He is adamant that he is being framed.
(d) He wishes he could repair the Roscii name.

4. Gordianus discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.
(a) His home is burned down.
(b) His home has been broken into.
(c) Cicero has fired him.
(d) His slave has been killed.

5. In Chapter 22, Tiro admits that_________________.
(a) He is afraid for his life.
(b) He has been giving Roscia information.
(c) He is in love with Rosica.
(d) He hired the guard who said he was from Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gordianus and Tiro as they are leaving Chrysogonus's house?

2. Gordianus is told by the tavern owner that Glaucia had __________ with him on a visit to the tavern.

3. Rufus finally agrees to go to the party. Why?

4. Who is Marcus Licinius Crassus?

5. After the petition by Titus and fellow landowners, what became of Roscius (filius)?

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