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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. Sextus Roscius (pater) was fond of _____________.
(a) Food, drink, family, and animals.
(b) Food, sailing, prophisying, and brothels.
(c) Food, drink, baths, and brothels.
(d) Baths, brothels, money, and wine.

2. When Cicero asks Gordianus the question in his library, what does Gordianus think of him then?
(a) That Cicero is a scoundrel.
(b) That Cicero likes to have intellectual discussions.
(c) That Cicero knows something he doesn't.
(d) That Cicero suspects him of the murder.

3. When Gordianus questions Polia, she__________________.
(a) Denies seeing the murder.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Cries.
(d) Pulls a knife on him.

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

5. Who is Cicero's client?
(a) Tiro.
(b) Gordianus.
(c) Marcus Valerius Messalla.
(d) Sextus Roscius (filius).

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Cicero ask Gordianus upon first meeting him?

2. In Cicero's opinion, why is the other man prosecuting his client?

3. Who is Marcus Licinius Crassus?

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

5. When Gordianus starts to question Polia, Eco________________.

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