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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What disability does Eco have?
(a) He cannot walk.
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He has a low IQ.
(d) He is mute.

4. In Chapter 12, Gordianus and Tiro go to the House of Swans. Who do they question there?
(a) Scaldus, a slave.
(b) Crassus, a nobleman.
(c) Electra, a prostitute.
(d) Eruscius, a businessman.

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

6. At Cicero's home, whom does Gordianus meet?
(a) Tiro's grandfather.
(b) Cicero's wife.
(c) The murder suspect.
(d) Tiro's wife.

7. In what way did Roscius (pater) breech strict societal codes?
(a) He favored one son over another.
(b) He fell in love with a prostitute.
(c) He socialized with both noble and menial classes.
(d) He drank in excess.

8. In Chapter 2, what happens as Tiro and Gordianus walk through the streets?
(a) A mob robs a shop.
(b) A scuffle breaks out and a gladiator is stabbed.
(c) Slaves are congregating to stage an uprising.
(d) A woman strips in the street.

9. In Cicero's opinion, why is the other man prosecuting his client?
(a) For money and notoriety.
(b) The man married his daughter.
(c) The emperor requires it.
(d) For vengeance.

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

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

12. What is Gordianus's first impression of Cicero?
(a) That he must be in debt.
(b) That he is slightly crazy.
(c) That he is not as smart as everyone says.
(d) That he is older than Gordianus thought.

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

14. How is the relationship between Tiro and Cicero different than most of their respective classes?
(a) Cicero speaks to his slaves, whereas it is customary to avoid talking to them when others are around.
(b) Even though Cicero is a noble man, he still associates with lower classes like Tiro.
(c) Even though Tiro is a slave, Cicero has seen to his education and often treats him as an equal.
(d) Cicero and Tiro are secretly lovers.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tiro react to these events in Chapter 2?

2. At the end of Chapter 15, Gordianus leaves for_________________.

3. Who is Marcus Tullius Cicero?

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

5. What is the House of Swans?

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