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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. What did Gordianus figure out from the two attacks on his house?
(a) That Roscius is not who everyone thinks he is.
(b) That Cicero is trying to kill him.
(c) That he can no longer stay in Rome.
(d) That someone in Cicero's circle is leaking information.

2. When Gordianus finally arrives at Roscius's farm, whom does he see in the field?
(a) Glaucia.
(b) Capito.
(c) Luius's family.
(d) Nobody.

3. Rufus learns that ___________________ was the one who bought the Roscius estate at auction.
(a) Chrysogonus.
(b) Glaucia.
(c) Titus.
(d) Magnus.

4. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?
(a) Circus Flaminius.
(b) Tiro Sulla.
(c) Caecilia Metella.
(d) Polia Ruffus.

5. In Chapter 25, the two slaves tell how Elena died. What was the manner of her death?
(a) She died trying to prevent the Roscii from killing her baby.
(b) The Roscii cousins killed her immediately.
(c) She died giving birth to her baby.
(d) She was weak and ill after the birth of her baby, and died in a cart on the way to Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability does Eco have?

2. What does Gordianus learn from his first meeting with Sextus Roscius (filius)?

3. Rufus admits to Gordianus that _________________.

4. At Cicero's home, whom does Gordianus meet?

5. Titus Megarus and other landowners tried to petition Sulla to do what?

(see the answer key)

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