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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14: "The Feast of the New Spears".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of war does Centurion Quintus Hilarion say is "ever the most deadly kind, for it recks nothing of consequences" (15) in Chapter 1?
(a) "War of revenge."
(b) "Holy war."
(c) "Direct-contact war."
(d) "Global war."

2. Who does Cottia insist Marcus send to tell her after his surgery is over in Chapter 8?
(a) Perseus.
(b) Procyon.
(c) Tartarus.
(d) Esca.

3. What does Cottia do to Stephanos in the courtyard in Chapter 8?
(a) She kicks him.
(b) She slaps him.
(c) She pinches him.
(d) She bites him.

4. Who is the Cohort Commander that leads the Auxiliaries down the road in Chapter 1?
(a) Centurion Cassius.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Drusillus.
(d) Centurion Pilus Prior.

5. What word from Chapter 9 means a feeling of unease or embarrassment?
(a) Indemnity.
(b) Disillusion.
(c) Discomfiture.
(d) Detraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Aquila say he used to hunt with Rufrius Galarius in Chapter 8?

2. What is the name of the book that Uncle Aquila has been writing for ten years, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the family dog that Marcus describes at his family's farm in Chapter 8?

4. What is the name of Guern's wife?

5. Where is the Legate of the Sixth Legion coming from on his way to Rome in Chapter 9?

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