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

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

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

4. How does Roscius react to the information about Elena and her baby?
(a) He has no concern over that at all.
(b) He is saddened, as he had hoped to save her.
(c) He claims he knew nothing about it.
(d) He is horrified that his father would father a child with a prostitute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What curious comment does Carus make about Roscius (pater)?

2. Gordianus passes two men on the road, and he believes they are the men who broke into his house in Rome. How does he know this?

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

4. To whom was Roscia giving information about Cicero's case?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think the old blind man at the tavern is wise? Or crazy?

2. At the Bleating Lamb, what are some of the pieces of information that Gordianus learns from the tavern owner?

3. Why does Gordianus want to be invited to dinner at the home of Titus Megarus?

4. After finding out all he could in Ameria, Gordianus is ready to return to Rome. What does he do first?

5. What makes Carus a credible informant?

6. When Gordianus returns to Rome, he once again talks with Roscius (filius). What does he find out?

7. How do Gordianus and Cicero figure out who is leaking information about their investigation?

8. Chapters 16-26 are in a section called Portents. What does that signify?

9. Titus Megarus confirms what suspicions of Gordianus?

10. On the second visit to Carus, what does Gordianus find out?

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