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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. What is Cicero's client accused of?
(a) Killing his father.
(b) Not paying his debts.
(c) Stealing from a noble man.
(d) Getting a woman pregnant.

2. Gordianus finds a pool of blood and a bloody hand print near_________________.
(a) A library.
(b) A bath house.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A sundry shop.

3. How did Gaius die?
(a) Accidental fall.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) Battle.
(d) Murder.

4. Who is Polia?
(a) A prostitute.
(b) A shopkeeper's wife.
(c) A poor widow with a young son.
(d) A slave woman who cannot speak.

5. Who is Marcus Licinius Crassus?
(a) A greedy nobleman who tricks people out of their money.
(b) A tenement owner who is in trouble.
(c) Someone Gordianus suspects of the murder.
(d) A born leader who is widely respected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marcus Tullius Cicero?

2. Who was with Roscius (pater) when he died?

3. Why could Roscius (pater) associate with those higher in status than himself?

4. How important was social class in ancient Rome?

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

(see the answer key)

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