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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: "Esca".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Tribune that Esca describes getting into a quarrel with at the wolf-hunt in Chapter 6?
(a) Placidus.
(b) Procyon.
(c) Lucius Urbanus.
(d) Herpinius.

2. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) The Strategies of Celtic Warfare.
(b) The Times of Julius Caesar.
(c) The History of Siege Warfare.
(d) The Conquests of the Roman Empire.

3. What is the name of the deep abyss used as a dungeon of torment from ancient Greek mythology that is referred to in Chapter 3?
(a) Ethyne.
(b) Lutorius.
(c) Typhon.
(d) Tartarus.

4. What does the spear that Esca carries mark him as, according to the narrator in Chapter 6?
(a) A personal slave.
(b) A freed slave.
(c) A Centurion.
(d) A warrior.

5. What word from Chapter 3 refers to a javelin that was commonly used by the Roman army and generally was about six feet long?
(a) Pilum.
(b) Chariot.
(c) Arbetum.
(d) Scythe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Uncle Aquila's dog that is buried at Luguvallium?

2. Approximately how long should it take reinforcements to reach Marcus's garrison after the smoke signal has been sent up in Chapter 3?

3. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?

4. What does the word "Tophet" (40) refer to in Chapter 3?

5. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?

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