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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. Who is against the plan of having Eilan as the next high priestess?
(a) Ardanos.
(b) Caillean.
(c) Dieda.
(d) Gaius.

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

3. How many children do Gaius and Julia have by the end of the chapter in this section?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

4. Since _______ has also disappeared, many of the women in the house believe that the baby might be hers too.
(a) Dieda.
(b) Sensara.
(c) Lhiannon.
(d) Eilan.

5. Who comes to take the baby away from Eilan, though there is already a plan in place to get the baby back?
(a) Arch Druid.
(b) Lhiannon.
(c) Calliean.
(d) Gaius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gaius propose to Eilan, though she is cold and indifferent to him?

2. What does the Arch Druid counsel Eilan to advise during her trance, according to the book?

3. Who learns there is a faction that has risen against the emperor at this point in time?

4. What is the sex/sexes of the child/children that Gaius and Julia have prematurely?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main idea in the debate about religion that Gaius encounters when he is traveling around?

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

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

4. What does Ardanos claim about the state of Eilan when he finally talks to Marcellius?

5. Why do people in the Forest House decide that the baby might also be Dieda's baby?

6. What happens after Eilan learns that the Emperor dead?

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

8. Once Gawen is born, what is the promise that Gaius makes to Eilan and to his child?

9. What is the reason behind Julia not wanting to have any more children with Gaius?

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

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