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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The magistrate asks Mandel how he can __________ and get on with his life as the people are being tortured.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Command.
(c) Eat.
(d) Smile.

2. The magistrate advises everyone to grow _________ so that they can survive the winter and attacks.
(a) Root vegetables.
(b) Lettuce.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Corn.

3. The magistrate lives from ___________________, getting supplies from friends and from women he used to know well.
(a) Meal to meal.
(b) City to city.
(c) The trash.
(d) The church.

4. The magistrate is in charge of new __________ which are being built at the same time as the farming begins.
(a) Wells.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Barracks.
(d) Trenches.

5. Unable to defend themselves, the barbarians are vulnerable and deprived of their _______________ as a result.
(a) Food.
(b) Misery.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Money.

6. Mandel seems to be unaffected by the ____________ of other people, which puts the magistrate at odds with him.
(a) Starving.
(b) Cries.
(c) Torture.
(d) Rumors.

7. The _________ is set to assure protection cleaning the river banks at the same time for the army and its members.
(a) Wall.
(b) Settlement.
(c) Fire.
(d) Smoke.

8. People in town as well as the ___________ living nearby live in fear of barbarian attacks.
(a) Guilds.
(b) Armies.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Priests.

9. The magistrate is also questioned about his relationship to _______________ during his accusations.
(a) A street woman.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) The church.
(d) A soldier.

10. The magistrate decides all he can do is to go on living even though his journey may be ________________.
(a) Pointless.
(b) Ending soon.
(c) Long.
(d) Enjoyable.

11. When the magistrate shouts in protest of what is happening, a solider hits him in the _______________.
(a) Arm.
(b) Cheek bone.
(c) Chest.
(d) Leg.

12. The magistrate is also accused of making a trip to inform the ___________________ about the campaign against them.
(a) Army.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Children.
(d) Other settlements.

13. The magistrate does not think his record in the imperial post would include a recollection of _______________.
(a) Conflicts.
(b) Events.
(c) Women.
(d) Money.

14. How does the magistrate end up escaping from his prison cell one day, though he returns later on?
(a) He dug a hole outside.
(b) He tricked a guard.
(c) Open window.
(d) He picked the lock.

15. More ____________ are built for the barbarians tortured in front of their relatives as the story goes on.
(a) Workyards.
(b) Homes.
(c) Stocks.
(d) Prison cells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The power of the Empire is derived from the infliction of pain on the ___________, a sign of victory over this group.

2. The magistrate wanted to point out that it was worse to damage one's _____________ than to go ahead and to kill them.

3. What is the magistrate deprived of when he is imprisoned for his various accusations and alleged crimes?

4. What does the magistrate demand in order to answer the accusations which are made against him?

5. Only when the barbarians realize they cannot live without the skills of the ____________, perhaps then they can be won.

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