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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gordianus and Tiro leave Polia's apartment, what does Eco do?
(a) He throws rocks at them.
(b) He runs after them and tries to kill them.
(c) He runs into them on the street and mimes what he saw.
(d) He writes a letter explaining what he knows.

2. What does Gordianus learn from his first meeting with Sextus Roscius (filius)?
(a) The name of the person Roscius thinks did it.
(b) That Roscius (pater) was going to die anyway.
(c) The exact location of the murder.
(d) That he has a secret lover.

3. At the end of Chapter 15, Gordianus leaves for_________________.
(a) The mountains.
(b) Greece.
(c) Ameria.
(d) The sea.

4. What is Cicero's client accused of?
(a) Getting a woman pregnant.
(b) Not paying his debts.
(c) Stealing from a noble man.
(d) Killing his father.

5. In Chapter 12, Gordianus and Tiro go to the House of Swans. Who do they question there?
(a) Electra, a prostitute.
(b) Scaldus, a slave.
(c) Eruscius, a businessman.
(d) Crassus, a nobleman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tiro go to the home of Gordianus?

2. Why is Gordianus called the Finder?

3. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?

4. What relationship complicates that of Cicero and Tiro?

5. Gordianus discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Caecilia would house Sextus Roscius (filius) in an unsavory part of her house, near the stinking indoor toilets.

2. What is the purpose of the author's inclusion of the scene where Gordianus and Tiro see a gladiator stabbed while they are walking to Cicero's house?

3. Electra tells Gordianus and Tiro that some men bought Elena. What else does she reveal?

4. Why would the shopkeeper and his wife lie about witnessing the attack of Roscius?

5. Why does Gordianus loan Bethesda to the household of the stable master?

6. When Gordianus and Tiro see the tenement fire, what is the significance of that?

7. Do you think Gauis's death was accidental or a murder? Why?

8. Do you think Elena really was pregnant? Or was she setting Roscius up to be attacked?

9. Why does Gordianus mention the fog at the end of Chapter 15?

10. Cicero and Sextus Roscius (pater) lived very different lifestyles. Compare and contrast their lifestyles.

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