View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, High and Low: Chapters 1 -15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sextus Roscius (pater) was fond of _____________.
(a) Food, sailing, prophisying, and brothels.
(b) Food, drink, baths, and brothels.
(c) Food, drink, family, and animals.
(d) Baths, brothels, money, and wine.

2. What is the House of Swans?
(a) A noble household.
(b) A bird preserve.
(c) A brothel.
(d) A restaurant.

3. How does Cicero's house indicate his lifestyle?
(a) There are ornate rugs in the entryway.
(b) Many important men gather outside his house.
(c) There is no furniture.
(d) There are no trappings of wealth.

4. How important was social class in ancient Rome?
(a) Irrelevant; all citizens were considered equals.
(b) Important in determining what kind of job one had.
(c) Very important; it impacted every aspect of life.
(d) Not that important; not that different from modern America.

5. Gordianus finds a pool of blood and a bloody hand print near_________________.
(a) A library.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A sundry shop.
(d) A bath house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gordianus discovers, upon returning to his house after a day of investigating, that_______________________.

2. In Chapter 2, what happens as Tiro and Gordianus walk through the streets?

3. Where do Gordianus, Cicero and Tiro finally meet Sextus Roscius (filius)?

4. What question does Cicero ask Gordianus upon first meeting him?

5. Sextus Roscious (pater) aligned himself with which family before he died?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 296 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample