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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why could Roscius (pater) associate with those higher in status than himself?
2. After Gordianus and Tiro leave Polia's apartment, what does Eco do?
3. What is significant about Gordianus lacking a surname?
4. When Gordianus leaves Caecilia Metella's house in Chapter 7, what does he observe Tiro doing?
5. Who is Cicero's client?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you describe Caecilia Metella?
2. What is the significance of the fact that the men who break into Gordianus's house had come earlier in the day?
3. 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?
4. If traveling to Ameria alone is so dangerous, why doesn't Gordianus take a companion or a guard?
5. In Chapter 5, Cicero says to Tiro, "A fit subject for debate: Is it possible that a slave can be too loyal to his master? That is to say, too enthusiastic in his devotion, too ready to spring to his master's defense." What is your answer to that question?
6. Why does Polia think she is protecting Eco by lying about him witnessing the attack?
7. Explain why Caecilia would house Sextus Roscius (filius) in an unsavory part of her house, near the stinking indoor toilets.
8. When Gordianus and Tiro see the tenement fire, what is the significance of that?
9. Do you think Gauis's death was accidental or a murder? Why?
10. Why does Gordianus loan Bethesda to the household of the stable master?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having Gordianus as the narrator of this book?
Essay Topic 2
The subject is patricide, or murder of a father. What other works of literature have you read/studied that involve the murder of a father by a son/daughter? Compare at least two of those with Roman Blood.
Essay Topic 3
As information begins to accumulate in the Portents section of the novel, Cicero realizes he is in a very hard spot. Examine his predicament and his options.
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