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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. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?
2. In Chapter 12, Gordianus and Tiro go to the House of Swans. Who do they question there?
3. What is Gordianus's first impression of Cicero?
4. When Cicero asks Gordianus the question in his library, what does Gordianus think of him then?
5. What is Cicero's client accused of?
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. When Gordianus and Tiro see the tenement fire, what is the significance of that?
3. How would you describe Caecilia Metella?
4. 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?
5. Why does Gordianus mention the fog at the end of Chapter 15?
6. Do you think Elena really was pregnant? Or was she setting Roscius up to be attacked?
7. If traveling to Ameria alone is so dangerous, why doesn't Gordianus take a companion or a guard?
8. What elements of Cicero's home seem to contradict one another?
9. Do you think Gauis's death was accidental or a murder? Why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Caecilia is a powerful and wealthy woman. How does she use that power throughout the novel?
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
Roman Blood has several "family feuds." Analyze the feuds and their place in the plot.
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