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

2. 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) There is a desert storm brewing.
(c) It is the sabbath and Jews cannot travel.
(d) People are afraid to walk near the soldiers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has a sword fight while at Marcellus's first dinner in Minoa?

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. What is Paulus's belief about the gods' origins?

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