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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Roscius not want to go to trial?
(a) He is afraid for what will become of his wife and daughters.
(b) He is worried he will be killed no matter what.
(c) He is adamant that he is being framed.
(d) He wishes he could repair the Roscii name.

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

4. Who are Magnus and Capito?
(a) Cousins of Roscius.
(b) Relatives of the tavern owner.
(c) Neighbors of Roscius.
(d) Slaves of Roscius.

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

6. In Chapter 23, what does Gordianus learn about Roscia?
(a) That she is in love with him.
(b) That she knows her father killed her grandfather.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That her father has been sexually molesting her.

7. When Gordianus tells Roscius what he learned, how does Roscius respond?
(a) Roscius wonders if they think he is guilty.
(b) Roscius is angry that Gordianus went to Ameria.
(c) Roscius is stunned.
(d) Roscius confirms all that Gordianus knows.

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

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

10. After talking with Carus, Gordianus goes to the home of ______________.
(a) Felix and Chrestus.
(b) Some other Roscii family members.
(c) Titus Megarus.
(d) Nobody. He goes to an inn.

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

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

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

14. How does Gordianus plan to get into Chrysogonus's house to question Felix and Chrestus?
(a) He will create a diversion to get him out of his house.
(b) Rufus will let him in through a back way during a party.
(c) He will go to Sulla and tell him the truth.
(d) He will climb onto the roof and find a way in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Metrobius?

2. What does Carus reveal to Gordianus?

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

4. Gordianus suspects that the guard has _______________.

5. Who ended up buying Roscius's farm, according to the tavern keeper?

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