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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the Roman dictator?
(a) Polonius.
(b) Eruscius.
(c) Sulla.
(d) Cicero.
2. What is Cicero's client accused of?
(a) Killing his father.
(b) Getting a woman pregnant.
(c) Not paying his debts.
(d) Stealing from a noble man.
3. Who is the man prosecuting Cicero's client?
(a) Gaius Eruscius.
(b) Marcus Tullius Tiro.
(c) Rufus Messalla.
(d) Caecilia Metella.
4. How is Tiro related to Cicero?
(a) He is Cicero's nephew.
(b) He is Cicero's slave.
(c) He is Cicero's brother.
(d) He is Cicero's student.
5. How does Gordianus react to the events in Chapter 2?
(a) He tells Tiro to run home and get his master.
(b) He pulls his sword on the gladiators.
(c) He hides behind a wall.
(d) He does not want to get involved.
6. Who are Felix and Chrestus?
(a) Guards assigned to Roscius (filius).
(b) Professional killers who were hired to kill Rocius (pater).
(c) Cicero's brothers.
(d) Roscius's (pater) most trusted slaves.
7. Who claims to have seen the murder?
(a) Ahausarus.
(b) Tullius.
(c) Bethesda.
(d) Polia.
8. Why is Gordianus called the Finder?
(a) He charges a finder's fee for prosititutes.
(b) He is a detective of sorts.
(c) He is a treasure hunter.
(d) He functions like a bounty hunter and finds fugitives.
9. Why does Tiro go to the home of Gordianus?
(a) Cicero wants to hire Gordianus to investigate the murder.
(b) Tiro wants to convince Gordianus to free him.
(c) Gordianus owes him money.
(d) Tiro wants to marry a slave in Gordianus's household.
10. At the end of Chapter 15, Gordianus leaves for_________________.
(a) The mountains.
(b) The sea.
(c) Greece.
(d) Ameria.
11. How does Cicero's house indicate his lifestyle?
(a) There is no furniture.
(b) There are no trappings of wealth.
(c) There are ornate rugs in the entryway.
(d) Many important men gather outside his house.
12. Why did Polia tell neighbors she saw the murder and then deny it?
(a) She was paid off by the murderers.
(b) She was ashamed.
(c) She was trying to protect Eco.
(d) She killed Roscius.
13. Who is Cicero's client?
(a) Marcus Valerius Messalla.
(b) Tiro.
(c) Sextus Roscius (filius).
(d) Gordianus.
14. Gordianus finds a pool of blood and a bloody hand print near_________________.
(a) A bath house.
(b) A library.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A sundry shop.
15. When Gordianus begins his investigation in Chapter 9, where does he go?
(a) Esquiline Hill.
(b) The street where the House of Swans is located.
(c) Ameria.
(d) Roscius's favorite ale house.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the House of Swans?
2. Who is Elana?
3. When Gordianus starts to question Polia, Eco________________.
4. Gordianus discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.
5. How does Tiro react to these events in Chapter 2?
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