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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Gordianus confused when a guard shows up claiming Cicero sent him?
(a) Gordianus clearly asked CIcero not to do that.
(b) Cicero clearly told Gordianus to hire his own guard.
(c) Gordianus told Cicero he already had hired a guard.
(d) Cicero would never send a guard to Gordianus.

2. The owner at the Bleating Lamb tells Gordianus that________________.
(a) They don't know about Roscius.
(b) That the elder Roscius was his uncle.
(c) The man he wants to talk to is dead.
(d) There are other members of the Roscii family.

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

4. After the petition by Titus and fellow landowners, what became of Roscius (filius)?
(a) He was dragged to Rome and imprisoned.
(b) He was kicked off the farm and sent into exile.
(c) He was charged with his father's murder.
(d) His family deserted him.

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

6. Gordianus suspects that the guard has _______________.
(a) Been hired by Sulla.
(b) Already killed Bethesda.
(c) Seen him in the shadows.
(d) Not seen him yet.

7. What upsets Rufus during a song poking fun at Sulla?
(a) The song suggests all nobles are bastards.
(b) The song is sung horribly, and Rufus likes only beautiful music.
(c) The song makes fun of Sulla's interest in Rufus.
(d) The song makes an off-color joke about his sister.

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

9. What is Gordianus's first stop upon returning to Rome from Ameria?
(a) The Forum.
(b) Cicero's house.
(c) Caecilia's house.
(d) His house.

10. 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.

11. To whom was Roscia giving information about Cicero's case?
(a) A man working for the prosecution of her father.
(b) Rufus.
(c) A hired assassin.
(d) A slave in Sulla's house.

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

13. Who is the old blind man at the Bleating Lamb?
(a) The tavern keeper's father.
(b) A fake--he's not really blind.
(c) A spy.
(d) Magnus's father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gordianus learn about Elena from Carus?

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

3. What did Gordianus figure out from the two attacks on his house?

4. In Chapter 25, the two slaves tell how Elena died. What was the manner of her death?

5. After spending the night at Titus's, Gordianus does what before returning to Rome?

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