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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters I through IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Demetrius's attitude towards religion?
(a) Religion is something to avoid at all costs
(b) He is pious and prays daily.
(c) It is better that man does not believe in the gods.
(d) Religion is for the elderly only.

2. What are Marcellus's orders from Prince Gaius?
(a) To attack the troops at Gaza.
(b) To free the Jews in Palestine.
(c) To take charge of a prison in southern Palestine.
(d) To command the garrison at Minoa.

3. Who are Helen and Nesta?
(a) Lucia's best friends.
(b) Girlfriends of Marcellus.
(c) Female slaves who are twins.
(d) Lucia's longtime personal slaves.

4. What does the newly purchased slave, Demetrius, do when he arrives at Lucia's home?
(a) Throws away his shackles.
(b) Tries to escape.
(c) Puts a dagger under his pillow.
(d) Dives into the pool.

5. Who is beautiful, in her mid-forties, a cultured, gracious hostess, and probably the laziest woman in the whole Roman Empire?
(a) Paula Gallus.
(b) Cornelia Vipsania Gallio.
(c) Diana Gallus.
(d) Lucia Gallio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in love with Marcellus?

2. What does Marcellus do at a banquet to offend Prince Gaius?

3. Who is the deliverer the Jews are waiting for?

4. What does Prince Gaius attempt to do to Lucia at the palace on Capri?

5. Who is second in command at Minoa?

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