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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. In Cicero's opinion, why is the other man prosecuting his client?
(a) The man married his daughter.
(b) For vengeance.
(c) For money and notoriety.
(d) The emperor requires it.

2. What clues are provided in Chapter 3 to indicate Cicero's class?
(a) He owns many slaves and his family background is explained.
(b) Cicero has many wives.
(c) Gordianus is expected to bow to Cicero, but Cicero does not bow in return.
(d) He wears only the best cloth and has fine paintings on the walls.

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

4. Who is Eco?
(a) Polia's slave.
(b) Polia's son.
(c) Polia's brother.
(d) Polia's lover.

5. Caecilia Metella tells Gordianus that on the night he was murdered, Roscius (pater) received______________.
(a) An urgent message.
(b) A huge award.
(c) A lot of money.
(d) A death threat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gordianus finds a pool of blood and a bloody hand print near_________________.

2. Where do Gordianus, Cicero and Tiro finally meet Sextus Roscius (filius)?

3. Sextus Roscius (pater) was fond of _____________.

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

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

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