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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. Why is Gordianus confused when a guard shows up claiming Cicero sent him?
(a) Cicero would never send a guard to Gordianus.
(b) Gordianus clearly asked CIcero not to do that.
(c) Cicero clearly told Gordianus to hire his own guard.
(d) Gordianus told Cicero he already had hired a guard.

2. What is Gordianus's first stop upon returning to Rome from Ameria?
(a) Caecilia's house.
(b) His house.
(c) The Forum.
(d) Cicero's house.

3. Who is the man prosecuting Cicero's client?
(a) Gaius Eruscius.
(b) Marcus Tullius Tiro.
(c) Rufus Messalla.
(d) Caecilia Metella.

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

5. What do Caecilia Metella and Rufus Messalla have in common?
(a) They are brother and sister.
(b) Their sisters were both married to Sulla.
(c) They both know Cicero.
(d) They both hate Gordianus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?

2. Who does the guard sent by Cicero turn out to be?

3. Tiro listens to Roscia's story with great sympathy until ________________.

4. What does Carus reveal to Gordianus?

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

(see the answer key)

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