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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Justice: Chapters 27 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before Sulla leaves, Gordianus makes sure ____________________.
(a) That he gets paid.
(b) That Sulla knows how important a role Gordianus played in this.
(c) That Sulla will protect him as well as Cicero.
(d) That Roscius's family will still be taken care of.

3. Sextus Roscious (pater) aligned himself with which family before he died?
(a) The noble Rufus family.
(b) The wealthy Messalla family.
(c) The powerful Metelli family.
(d) The highly intellectual Cicero family.

4. What kind of a place is the Bleating Lamb, where Gordianus stops on his way to Ameria?
(a) An inn.
(b) A farm.
(c) A tavern.
(d) A town.

5. What does Ahausarus do to help Gordianus and Tiro?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Has Magnus and Glaucia arrested.
(c) Dispatches a litter and some gladiators to accompany them home.
(d) Lets them come in for the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Roscius, after all?

2. Who claims to have seen the murder?

3. Who is Marcus Licinius Crassus?

4. On the day of the trial, how does Gordianus's day begin?

5. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?

(see the answer key)

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