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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 Cicero react to the information Gordianus learned in Ameria?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He thinks it's worthless.
(c) He is very pleased.
(d) He is worried about involving Sulla.

2. Titus Megarus and other landowners tried to petition Sulla to do what?
(a) Drop the charges against Roscius (filius).
(b) Revoke the edict against Roscius (pater) and return the land to his son.
(c) Divide the farm up among all the Roscii family.
(d) Sell the land to one of them.

3. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?
(a) A hired manager of the farm.
(b) A friend of Roscius.
(c) A slave, once of Roscius, now of Capito.
(d) The son of Capito.

4. What is significant about Gordianus lacking a surname?
(a) It indicates that he is a slave.
(b) It indicates that he is not the firstborn son.
(c) It indicates that his family is not important in society.
(d) It indicates that he is a criminal.

5. What does Gordianus learn from his first meeting with Sextus Roscius (filius)?
(a) The exact location of the murder.
(b) The name of the person Roscius thinks did it.
(c) That Roscius (pater) was going to die anyway.
(d) That he has a secret lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Gordianus, Cicero and Tiro finally meet Sextus Roscius (filius)?

2. What does the tavern owner tell Gordianus that he finds hard to believe?

3. Who is Eco?

4. What does Gordianus learn at the home of Caecilia Metella?

5. What is Gordianus's first impression of Cicero?

(see the answer key)

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