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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later, the father of Eilan says that she should counsel _________ on the Romans and she says that she will ask the Goddess.
(a) A treaty.
(b) Peace.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Prosperity.

2. What does Julia become obsessed with, even though the rest of the family is less than pleased?
(a) Riches.
(b) Food.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Books.

3. What is wrong with Eilan that she cannot perform the rites in the forest and Caillean has to step in?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Cramps.

4. Julia decides that she and Gaius should not have anymore ____________.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Children.
(c) Books.
(d) Grapes.

5. Eilan interprets the dream differently and thinks that maybe she will be departing soon to the __________.
(a) Belate ritual.
(b) Rites.
(c) New home.
(d) Summer Country.

6. Who does Dieda believe should not be in the Forest House, thinking it to be a stupid and shameful plan?
(a) Gawen.
(b) Arch Druid.
(c) Adornos.
(d) Gaius.

7. Who begins to feel a weakness in her brain and she also begins to wonder if she might die?
(a) Julia.
(b) Caillean.
(c) Eilan.
(d) Dieda.

8. Eilan lets Gaius know she cannot marry him because she is __________, even if he were to marry and to divorce his wife.
(a) A high priestess.
(b) Already married.
(c) A mother.
(d) Not in love with him.

9. Who has Eilan seen as a high priestess herself, with a group of priestesses around her?
(a) Caillean.
(b) Dieda.
(c) Herself.
(d) Senara.

10. Who learns there is a faction that has risen against the emperor at this point in time?
(a) Dieda.
(b) Calliean.
(c) Eilan.
(d) Gaius.

11. Who does Gaius go back to see, on the pressure of his soon-to-be new wife, in order to make sure the love is gone?
(a) Julia.
(b) Constance.
(c) Senara.
(d) Eilan.

12. In the battle, who fights under General Calgacus, according to the description in the book?
(a) Cynric.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Regalua.
(d) Ardanos.

13. Who comes back in order to seek out Eilan, though they find themselves watching a ritual?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Ardanos.
(c) Marcellius.
(d) Cynric.

14. ________ accuses Eilan of being in allegiance to Rome, and even slaps her in the heat of the argument.
(a) Cynric.
(b) Ardandos.
(c) Mauri.
(d) Gaius.

15. The ritual of the __________ kills some of those who undertake it, which is why it is a fitting test of a new high priestess.
(a) Blessing.
(b) Rage.
(c) Oracle.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eilan says that it is not until the _________ generation will Rome depart, and then she dies after the statement.

2. Whose child do the women in the house think Gawen is?

3. Caillean decides that she does not need to run her house the same way and that her house will not serve the _________.

4. What moves Gaius when he sees them at the coliseum, according to the story told in the book?

5. Eilan tells the people in a trance that ________ will peak and fall in its own time, according to the book's description.

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