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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18: "The Waters of Lethe".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Guern's wife?
(a) Margarita.
(b) Narcissa.
(c) Murna.
(d) Valaria.

2. What is the name of Cottia's nurse?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Sassticca.
(c) Margarita.
(d) Valaria.

3. Who is referred to in Chapter 4 as "A most efficient officer ... with the air of a grey-headed Legate" (52)?
(a) Centurion Pilus Prior.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Cassius.
(d) Centurion Maximus.

4. What was Cottia's father doing when he was killed?
(a) Battling the Celts.
(b) Hunting boar.
(c) Breaking a horse.
(d) Sailing a ship.

5. What does Esca replace his and Marcus's horses with in Chapter 17?
(a) Ponies.
(b) Sled dogs.
(c) A chariot.
(d) A donkey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Marcus's surgery in the beginning of Chapter 9?

2. What is engraved on the gold bracelet that is bestowed to Marcus in Chapter 5 (56)?

3. What problem does the narrator describe Marcus treating frequently in Valentia in Chapter 12?

4. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?

5. What kind of ancestry is suggested by Placidus's appearance in Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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