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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 discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.
(a) His slave has been killed.
(b) His home has been broken into.
(c) His home is burned down.
(d) Cicero has fired him.

2. Sextus Roscious (pater) aligned himself with which family before he died?
(a) The highly intellectual Cicero family.
(b) The noble Rufus family.
(c) The wealthy Messalla family.
(d) The powerful Metelli family.

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

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

5. How do Gordianus and Tiro finally exit Chrysogonus's house?
(a) Through a servant's entrance.
(b) By leaping off a balcony.
(c) On stretchers.
(d) Hidden under blankets in a cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Valeria?

2. Where is Tiro supposed to meet Rosica on the next day?

3. Why does Tiro go to the home of Gordianus?

4. In Cicero's opinion, why is the other man prosecuting his client?

5. Who claims to have seen the murder?

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