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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. Gordianus passes two men on the road, and he believes they are the men who broke into his house in Rome. How does he know this?
(a) One man has cat scratches on his face.
(b) They are riding one of the horses from the same stable-master.
(c) One has a bite mark on his arm.
(d) He recognizes their shoes from the footprints they left.

2. What kind of a place is the Bleating Lamb, where Gordianus stops on his way to Ameria?
(a) A farm.
(b) A tavern.
(c) An inn.
(d) A town.

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

4. What does Carus reveal to Gordianus?
(a) That Capito is a good master.
(b) That he is now a freedman and works on the farm.
(c) That Felix and Chrestus now own the farm.
(d) That the slaves Felix and Chrestus were sold to Chrysogonus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carus show Gordianus on the farm?

2. After spending the night at Titus's, Gordianus does what before returning to Rome?

3. What does the tavern owner tell Gordianus that he finds hard to believe?

4. When Gordianus tells Roscius what he learned, how does Roscius respond?

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

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