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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gordianus react when Titus mentions the name Chrysogonus?
(a) He slaps his hand on his leg and mutters, "I knew it."
(b) He faints and hits his head against the stone wall.
(c) He recognizes it as the "partner" Carus told him bought the slaves Felix and Chrestus.
(d) He does not react at all, because he is not sure he can trust Titus.

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

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

4. Where is Tiro supposed to meet Rosica on the next day?
(a) Near Caecilia's house.
(b) At the Forum.
(c) At Cicero's house.
(d) By the river.

5. What was the result of Titus's and the other landowners' petition?
(a) Titus was put in prison.
(b) Sulla took their land.
(c) Roscius's name was cleared.
(d) Nothing. Sulla never heard it.

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

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

8. After finishing his conversations at the Bleating Lamb, Gordianus continues on to Ameria. He meets __________ on the road.
(a) The blind man.
(b) Lucius Megarus.
(c) Capito.
(d) Glaucia.

9. Who is Valeria?
(a) Rufus's betrothed.
(b) Sulla's current wife and Rufus's sister.
(c) Rufus's sister and Cicero's wife.
(d) Chrysogonus's wife.

10. Gordianus is told by the tavern owner that Glaucia had __________ with him on a visit to the tavern.
(a) A partner.
(b) A bloody knife.
(c) A bloody tunic.
(d) Elena, the prostitute.

11. After the incident with the guards, Gordianus and Bethesda flee to_____________.
(a) Caecilia's house.
(b) The country.
(c) A neighbor's house.
(d) Cicero's house.

12. Rufus does not want to attend a party where Sulla will be present because __________________.
(a) He hates Sulla for marrying his sister.
(b) Sulla is interested in Rufus sexually.
(c) He thinks Sulla has ruined Rome.
(d) He is afraid Sulla will kill him because he works with Cicero.

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

14. After spending the night at Titus's, Gordianus does what before returning to Rome?
(a) Tries to overhear Capito and Magnus talking.
(b) Returns to the Bleating Lamb for more information.
(c) Speaks to Carus once more.
(d) Buys another horse.

15. What does Gordianus learn about Elena from Carus?
(a) She was murdered as soon as they took her from the House of Swans.
(b) She was brought to the farm and had her baby.
(c) She had the baby and still lives on the farm.
(d) She was sold and taken away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a place is the Bleating Lamb, where Gordianus stops on his way to Ameria?

2. How does Cicero respond to Roscia's story when Gordianus tells it to him?

3. Why does Roscius not want to go to trial?

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

5. What happens to Gordianus and Tiro as they are leaving Chrysogonus's house?

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