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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. Who is in love with Marcellus?
(a) Paula.
(b) Diana.
(c) No one.
(d) Helen.

2. 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) Lucia Gallio.
(c) Paula Gallus.
(d) Diana Gallus.

3. Who is Diana?
(a) Lucia's mother.
(b) The princess.
(c) A good friend of Lucia's.
(d) A slave.

4. What does Marcellus do that gains him favor with Paulus?
(a) He reads a map well.
(b) He wins many duels.
(c) He attends to Sextus with compassion.
(d) He shows him his money.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is in charge of Minoa before Marcellus' arrival?

3. What is Demetrius's attitude towards religion?

4. What does Marcellus wish he had done before leaving for his departing ship?

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

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