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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. In Chapter 23, what does Gordianus learn about Roscia?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she is in love with him.
(c) That her father has been sexually molesting her.
(d) That she knows her father killed her grandfather.

2. Where does Gordianus encounter Marcus Licinius Crassus?
(a) At his home when he returns there at the end of the day.
(b) On the street outside the House of Swans.
(c) At the tavern when he got into a fight.
(d) At the site of a tenement fire, trying to cheat someone out of money.

3. Gordianus asks a boy for directions to the home of Sextus Roscius, and he finds out ______________.
(a) The farm has been abandoned.
(b) The boy is suspcious of him.
(c) The boy lives on the neighboring farm.
(d) The boy now lives on the farm with his family.

4. In Chapter 2, what ends up lying at Gordianus's feet?
(a) The body of a dead woman.
(b) The body of a dead dog.
(c) A spear.
(d) The bleeding gladiator.

5. How does Gordianus plan to get into Chrysogonus's house to question Felix and Chrestus?
(a) He will climb onto the roof and find a way in.
(b) Rufus will let him in through a back way during a party.
(c) He will go to Sulla and tell him the truth.
(d) He will create a diversion to get him out of his house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sextus Roscius (pater) does what for a living?

2. What did Gordianus figure out from the two attacks on his house?

3. Rufus does not want to attend a party where Sulla will be present because __________________.

4. Who is Mallius Glaucia?

5. When Gordianus begins his investigation in Chapter 9, where does he go?

(see the answer key)

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