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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. Why did Polia tell neighbors she saw the murder and then deny it?
(a) She was trying to protect Eco.
(b) She killed Roscius.
(c) She was ashamed.
(d) She was paid off by the murderers.

2. What disability does Eco have?
(a) He is mute.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He has a low IQ.

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

4. Marucs Tullius Tiro is___________.
(a) A young man.
(b) A freed slave.
(c) The murder suspect.
(d) Cicero's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?

2. When Cicero asks Gordianus the question in his library, what does Gordianus think of him then?

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

4. When Gordianus starts to question Polia, Eco________________.

5. Why is Gordianus called the Finder?

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