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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. After questioning Polia, Gordianus and Tiro stop at a tavern. Gordianus_______________.
(a) Gets drunk and tries to kiss Tiro.
(b) Has a disturbing dream.
(c) Passes out.
(d) Gets in a fight.

2. 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 has a bite mark on his arm.
(b) They are riding one of the horses from the same stable-master.
(c) He recognizes their shoes from the footprints they left.
(d) One man has cat scratches on his face.

3. At the end of Chapter 15, Gordianus leaves for_________________.
(a) Greece.
(b) Ameria.
(c) The sea.
(d) The mountains.

4. Who is the Roman dictator?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Eruscius.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Polonius.

5. Sextus Roscius (pater) does what for a living?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Senator.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Felix and Chrestus?

2. Where does Gordianus encounter Marcus Licinius Crassus?

3. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?

4. Gordianus suspects that the guard has _______________.

5. In Chapter 22, Tiro admits that_________________.

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