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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tiro go to the home of Gordianus?
(a) Tiro wants to convince Gordianus to free him.
(b) Gordianus owes him money.
(c) Cicero wants to hire Gordianus to investigate the murder.
(d) Tiro wants to marry a slave in Gordianus's household.

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

3. How does Cicero's house indicate his lifestyle?
(a) Many important men gather outside his house.
(b) There are no trappings of wealth.
(c) There are ornate rugs in the entryway.
(d) There is no furniture.

4. Why is Gordianus called the Finder?
(a) He is a detective of sorts.
(b) He functions like a bounty hunter and finds fugitives.
(c) He is a treasure hunter.
(d) He charges a finder's fee for prosititutes.

5. What do Caecilia Metella and Rufus Messalla have in common?
(a) They are brother and sister.
(b) They both hate Gordianus.
(c) Their sisters were both married to Sulla.
(d) They both know Cicero.

6. How does Cicero's house indicate that he is of a higher class?
(a) He has a family crest.
(b) Gordianus must wash his feet before entering.
(c) He has a gate around his home.
(d) He lives in a fancy neighborhood.

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

8. What relationship complicates that of Cicero and Tiro?
(a) Tiro is Cicero's illegitimate son.
(b) Tiro's grandfather is a freed slave of Cicero's.
(c) Tiro is somebody else's slave, but has run away to stay with Cicero.
(d) Tiro was born into the same class as Cicero, but his family was disgraced and that is why he is a slave.

9. What is significant about Gordianus lacking a surname?
(a) It indicates that he is not the firstborn son.
(b) It indicates that his family is not important in society.
(c) It indicates that he is a criminal.
(d) It indicates that he is a slave.

10. Who is Cicero's client?
(a) Sextus Roscius (filius).
(b) Tiro.
(c) Marcus Valerius Messalla.
(d) Gordianus.

11. How did Gaius die?
(a) Accidental fall.
(b) Battle.
(c) Food poisoning.
(d) Murder.

12. Caecilia Metella tells Gordianus that on the night he was murdered, Roscius (pater) received______________.
(a) A huge award.
(b) An urgent message.
(c) A lot of money.
(d) A death threat.

13. What does Gordianus learn from his first meeting with Sextus Roscius (filius)?
(a) The name of the person Roscius thinks did it.
(b) That Roscius (pater) was going to die anyway.
(c) That he has a secret lover.
(d) The exact location of the murder.

14. Eco communicates that the man who stabbed Roscius has what distinguishing characteristic?
(a) He is a dwarf.
(b) He is a hunchback.
(c) He walks with a limp.
(d) He wears an eye patch.

15. How important was social class in ancient Rome?
(a) Irrelevant; all citizens were considered equals.
(b) Not that important; not that different from modern America.
(c) Very important; it impacted every aspect of life.
(d) Important in determining what kind of job one had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the House of Swans?

2. When Gordianus questions Polia, she__________________.

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

4. What disability does Eco have?

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

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