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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Elena's baby, according to Felix and Chrestus?
(a) He was smuggled out of the house by the midwife.
(b) He was thrown on rocks and killed.
(c) There never was a baby. Elena lied.
(d) He died before he was born.

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

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

4. 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 had the baby and still lives on the farm.
(c) She was brought to the farm and had her baby.
(d) She was sold and taken away.

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

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

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

8. Who does the guard sent by Cicero turn out to be?
(a) A man sent by Roscius to protect Gordianus.
(b) Cicero's guard, as he said.
(c) A spy.
(d) Someone sent to kill Gordianus.

9. Titus Megarus and other landowners tried to petition Sulla to do what?
(a) Revoke the edict against Roscius (pater) and return the land to his son.
(b) Drop the charges against Roscius (filius).
(c) Sell the land to one of them.
(d) Divide the farm up among all the Roscii family.

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

11. What did the second message in blood say?
(a) "Beware the Ides of May."
(b) "Seek revenge and not justice."
(c) "The fool disobeyed. Now he is dead. Let a wiser man take a holiday come the holy Ides of May."
(d) "If you do not cease this folly, continued plagues shall come down on you."

12. Another piece of information Rufus learns about the auction of the property is___________.
(a) It sold for substantially less than its value.
(b) Sulla was the one who ordered it.
(c) It was illegal because Roscius didn't own it anyway.
(d) Roscius (pater) had already disinherited his son before he died.

13. What happens to Gordianus and Tiro as they are leaving Chrysogonus's house?
(a) They fall down a flight of stairs.
(b) They get lost and accidentally stumble into the party.
(c) The have sex wtih the kitchen maid.
(d) They get lost and are discovered by Magnus and Glaucia.

14. In Chapter 25, the two slaves tell how Elena died. What was the manner of her death?
(a) The Roscii cousins killed her immediately.
(b) She died giving birth to her baby.
(c) She died trying to prevent the Roscii from killing her baby.
(d) She was weak and ill after the birth of her baby, and died in a cart on the way to Rome.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Gordianus and Bethesda return to their house, what does he do?

2. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?

3. How does Cicero react to the information Gordianus learned in Ameria?

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

5. How does Gordianus plan to get into Chrysogonus's house to question Felix and Chrestus?

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