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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 does Demetrius give to Lucia before he leaves with Marcellus?
(a) A ring.
(b) A poem.
(c) A warning.
(d) A letter.

2. What does Marcellus wish he had done before leaving for his departing ship?
(a) Kissed Diana.
(b) Written a will.
(c) Refused his orders to go.
(d) Left Demetrius behind.

3. What does Demetrius advise Marcellus to do once he arrives at Minoa?
(a) Ask each man for his opinion of the area.
(b) Take full command instantly.
(c) Scope it out and get a feel for it.
(d) Be agreeable and friendly.

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

5. On the Roman caravan to Jerusalem, why is no one else traveling on the day the soldiers make their way along the highway running up from Hebron?
(a) Everone else is already there.
(b) People are afraid to walk near the soldiers.
(c) It is the sabbath and Jews cannot travel.
(d) There is a desert storm brewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcellus do that gains him favor with Paulus?

2. Where does the slave Sevenus escape to?

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

4. Who are Helen and Nesta?

5. Who is madly in love with Demetrius in Chapter II?

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