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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. After Gordianus and Tiro leave Polia's apartment, what does Eco do?
(a) He runs into them on the street and mimes what he saw.
(b) He throws rocks at them.
(c) He runs after them and tries to kill them.
(d) He writes a letter explaining what he knows.

2. How does Cicero's house indicate that he is of a higher class?
(a) Gordianus must wash his feet before entering.
(b) He lives in a fancy neighborhood.
(c) He has a family crest.
(d) He has a gate around his home.

3. During their investigation at the House of Swans, Gordianus is told that Elena______________________.
(a) Is dead.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Is pregnant.
(d) Murdered Roscius.

4. Why does Tiro go to the home of Gordianus?
(a) Tiro wants to convince Gordianus to free him.
(b) Gordianus owes him money.
(c) Tiro wants to marry a slave in Gordianus's household.
(d) Cicero wants to hire Gordianus to investigate the murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Caecilia Metella and Rufus Messalla have in common?

2. What disability does Eco have?

3. When Gordianus questions Polia, she__________________.

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

5. Gordianus discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.

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