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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Portents: Chapters 16 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about Gordianus lacking a surname?
(a) It indicates that he is a slave.
(b) It indicates that he is a criminal.
(c) It indicates that his family is not important in society.
(d) It indicates that he is not the firstborn son.

2. What does Gordianus learn at the home of Caecilia Metella?
(a) That Cicero will not be able to pay him.
(b) That Sulla killed his first wife.
(c) That Cicero has ulterior motives this investigation.
(d) That Sextus Roscius (pater) had a son from his second marriage named Gaius

3. What kind of a place is the Bleating Lamb, where Gordianus stops on his way to Ameria?
(a) A tavern.
(b) A town.
(c) An inn.
(d) A farm.

4. Eco communicates that the man who stabbed Roscius has what distinguishing characteristic?
(a) He wears an eye patch.
(b) He is a dwarf.
(c) He walks with a limp.
(d) He is a hunchback.

5. What does Gordianus learn about Elena from Carus?
(a) She was murdered as soon as they took her from the House of Swans.
(b) She was sold and taken away.
(c) She was brought to the farm and had her baby.
(d) She had the baby and still lives on the farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tiro react to these events in Chapter 2?

2. When Gordianus begins his investigation in Chapter 9, where does he go?

3. What happens between the guard and Gordianus?

4. Who is the old blind man at the Bleating Lamb?

5. Who is Marcus Licinius Crassus?

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