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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, High and Low: Chapters 1 -15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was with Roscius (pater) when he died?
(a) No one.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) His faithful slaves.
(d) His wife.

2. 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) His slave has been killed.
(d) Cicero has fired him.

3. How is Tiro related to Cicero?
(a) He is Cicero's slave.
(b) He is Cicero's brother.
(c) He is Cicero's nephew.
(d) He is Cicero's student.

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

5. Marucs Tullius Tiro is___________.
(a) A freed slave.
(b) A young man.
(c) The murder suspect.
(d) Cicero's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Caecilia Metella tells Gordianus that on the night he was murdered, Roscius (pater) received______________.

3. At the end of Chapter 15, Gordianus leaves for_________________.

4. When Gordianus leaves Caecilia Metella's house in Chapter 7, what does he observe Tiro doing?

5. In Chapter 2, what happens as Tiro and Gordianus walk through the streets?

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