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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. Rufus finally agrees to go to the party. Why?
(a) He secretly has a crush on Sulla.
(b) Gordianus wants to sneak into the house.
(c) He is intent on getting drunk and forgetting his troubles.
(d) Cicero begs him to.

2. What does Gordianus learn at the home of Caecilia Metella?
(a) That Cicero has ulterior motives this investigation.
(b) That Sextus Roscius (pater) had a son from his second marriage named Gaius
(c) That Sulla killed his first wife.
(d) That Cicero will not be able to pay him.

3. When Cicero asks Gordianus the question in his library, what does Gordianus think of him then?
(a) That Cicero likes to have intellectual discussions.
(b) That Cicero suspects him of the murder.
(c) That Cicero is a scoundrel.
(d) That Cicero knows something he doesn't.

4. After Gordianus and Tiro leave Polia's apartment, what does Eco do?
(a) He runs after them and tries to kill them.
(b) He writes a letter explaining what he knows.
(c) He throws rocks at them.
(d) He runs into them on the street and mimes what he saw.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the second message in blood say?

2. Who are Magnus and Capito?

3. Sextus Roscius (pater) does what for a living?

4. Caecilia Metella tells Gordianus that on the night he was murdered, Roscius (pater) received______________.

5. Sextus Roscious (pater) aligned himself with which family before he died?

(see the answer key)

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