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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Portents: Chapters 16 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the House of Swans?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A noble household.
(d) A bird preserve.

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

4. In Chapter 2, what happens as Tiro and Gordianus walk through the streets?
(a) A scuffle breaks out and a gladiator is stabbed.
(b) Slaves are congregating to stage an uprising.
(c) A woman strips in the street.
(d) A mob robs a shop.

5. What was the result of Titus's and the other landowners' petition?
(a) Sulla took their land.
(b) Titus was put in prison.
(c) Nothing. Sulla never heard it.
(d) Roscius's name was cleared.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Gordianus and Tiro finally exit Chrysogonus's house?

2. What does Gordianus learn about Elena from Carus?

3. What kind of a place is the Bleating Lamb, where Gordianus stops on his way to Ameria?

4. How does Gordianus react to the events in Chapter 2?

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

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