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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. What is thrown along with coins to the beggars as is traditional at a Roman wedding?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) Lettuce.
(c) Scrolls.
(d) Apples.

2. 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) Eilan.
(c) Constance.
(d) Senara.

3. Eilan says that it is not until the _________ generation will Rome depart, and then she dies after the statement.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Third.

4. Senara tells Gaius that he can meet her at the _________ cottage, according to the story.
(a) Vacant.
(b) Father's.
(c) Priestesses'.
(d) Library.

5. Whose attention does Gaius get when he arrives to find where Eilan is?
(a) Dieda's.
(b) No one's.
(c) Caillean's.
(d) Lhiannon's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction is Gaius sent in order to do army business at the start of this section?

2. Who does Gaius meet for the first time when he is talking to the Christian hermit?

3. Who goes to the general and helps the cavalry, charging with the Romans in the scene?

4. Who comes back in order to seek out Eilan, though they find themselves watching a ritual?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens during the next rites of the Oracle when Eilan takes the trance herbs again?

2. What does the Goddess tell Caillean she must do when she asks about her path?

3. What does Senara refuse from Gaius when she is taking the two half-Roman girls to Marcellius?

4. What causes the troops of Gaius to pause for a moment when they are in a charge?

5. What happens to cause the bodyguard to kill Cynric during a conversation with Eilan?

6. What does Gaius become so bored with that he decides he wants to leave?

7. What happens to the translations of Ardanos during the ritual of the Oracle?

8. What does Eilan's father ask her to do after she has performed the rites of the Oracle?

9. What does Cynric feel about the offer that Gaius makes to make him a hostage?

10. What is the dream that Caillean has at the start of this section, one that disturbs her greatly?

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