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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: "Attack!".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city now sits at the location of the historic Eburacum?
(a) Canterbury.
(b) Paris.
(c) York.
(d) London.

2. Who does Centurion Quintus Hilarion warn Marcus about in Chapter 1?
(a) The Catholic priests.
(b) The Druids.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The passing traders.

3. Approximately how many men has Marcus's garrison lost (killed or wounded) by the end of the second attack in Chapter 3?
(a) Over 80.
(b) Over 100.
(c) About 30.
(d) About 50.

4. What had an artist of a long-departed garrison etch into the bath-house wall, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A wild cat.

5. Whose name is chanted by Marcus's battalion as they drive at the tribesmen with swords in Chapter 3?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Marcus's.
(c) Esca's.
(d) Tartarus's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Legion "had been Marcus's shining goal for as long as he could remember" (9) according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

2. What does Marcus offer in a bet to Cradoc in Chapter 2?

3. Who is described in Chapter 2 as "a little red angry man who had missed promotion and grown overfull of his own importance in consequence" (19)?

4. Who is Marcus's second-in-command?

5. When does the narrator say is always the time to look for trouble in Chapter 2?

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