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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Roscius react to the information about Elena and her baby?
(a) He is saddened, as he had hoped to save her.
(b) He claims he knew nothing about it.
(c) He is horrified that his father would father a child with a prostitute.
(d) He has no concern over that at all.

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

3. How does Cicero respond to Roscia's story when Gordianus tells it to him?
(a) He says it's all her own fault.
(b) He is appalled and wonders if he should drop the case.
(c) He couldn't care less.
(d) He plans to help Roscia when the trial is over.

4. What is the most important piece of information that Felix and Chrestus tell Gordianus?
(a) Why Chrysogonus wanted the land.
(b) What happened to Elena and her baby.
(c) Who really killed Rosicus (pater).
(d) Where Roscius was the night his father was killed.

5. What curious comment does Carus make about Roscius (pater)?
(a) That he was a "terrible father."
(b) That he had "many problems."
(c) That he had "too many sons."
(d) That he "could not be trusted."

6. Tiro listens to Roscia's story with great sympathy until ________________.
(a) She says she will kill her father herself if she has to.
(b) She says she would rather live in a brothel and have sex wtih strangers.
(c) She says she cares nothing for him.
(d) She hits Tiro with her hand.

7. Who ended up buying Roscius's farm, according to the tavern keeper?
(a) Sulla.
(b) Titus.
(c) Glaucia.
(d) Capito.

8. What does the tavern owner tell Gordianus that he finds hard to believe?
(a) Roscius (filius) was with him on the night the elder was killed.
(b) Everyone there thinks Roscius was declared an enemy of Sulla.
(c) Roscius was an imposter, and that was not his real name.
(d) Someone in Ameria saw Roscius kill Gaius.

9. What did Gordianus see the guard doing with blood?
(a) Drinking it.
(b) Making a sacrifice to a god.
(c) Writing a message on his wall.
(d) Mopping it all around the floor.

10. Who is Chrysogonus?
(a) The new owner of the estate.
(b) A former slave of Sulla's, who is now free, wealthy, and powerful.
(c) A hired assassin.
(d) Sulla's son, called the Golden Born.

11. What did Gordianus figure out from the two attacks on his house?
(a) That Cicero is trying to kill him.
(b) That he can no longer stay in Rome.
(c) That someone in Cicero's circle is leaking information.
(d) That Roscius is not who everyone thinks he is.

12. What does Carus show Gordianus on the farm?
(a) Where Capito and Magnus plot.
(b) Where Elena is hidden.
(c) Secret documents he cannot read.
(d) A new grave.

13. When Rufus and Gordianus are alone in Caecilia's garden, they discuss _________________.
(a) That Rufus is convinced Roscius is guilty.
(b) A party in Sulla's honor given by Chrysogonus the following evening.
(c) What Rufus thinks of Chyrsogonus.
(d) Why Magnus and Capito want the land.

14. What does Carus reveal to Gordianus?
(a) That the slaves Felix and Chrestus were sold to Chrysogonus.
(b) That Felix and Chrestus now own the farm.
(c) That Capito is a good master.
(d) That he is now a freedman and works on the farm.

15. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?
(a) A slave, once of Roscius, now of Capito.
(b) A hired manager of the farm.
(c) A friend of Roscius.
(d) The son of Capito.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gordianus finally arrives at Roscius's farm, whom does he see in the field?

2. What is Gordianus's first stop upon returning to Rome from Ameria?

3. After the petition by Titus and fellow landowners, what became of Roscius (filius)?

4. The owner at the Bleating Lamb tells Gordianus that________________.

5. Who are Magnus and Capito?

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