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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. After finishing his conversations at the Bleating Lamb, Gordianus continues on to Ameria. He meets __________ on the road.
(a) The blind man.
(b) Glaucia.
(c) Lucius Megarus.
(d) Capito.

2. According to Titus Megarus, ____________________________.
(a) The Roscii family has had a feud for generations.
(b) The land is worthless.
(c) Magnus and Capito are not really Roscius's cousins.
(d) Roscius stole the land from Magnus's father.

3. Where does Gordianus encounter Marcus Licinius Crassus?
(a) At his home when he returns there at the end of the day.
(b) At the site of a tenement fire, trying to cheat someone out of money.
(c) On the street outside the House of Swans.
(d) At the tavern when he got into a fight.

4. Who is Sextus Roscius's (pater) oldest and dearest friend?
(a) Polia Ruffus.
(b) Tiro Sulla.
(c) Caecilia Metella.
(d) Circus Flaminius.

5. In Cicero's opinion, why is the other man prosecuting his client?
(a) The man married his daughter.
(b) For money and notoriety.
(c) For vengeance.
(d) The emperor requires it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Roscius not want to go to trial?

2. What was the result of Titus's and the other landowners' petition?

3. When Cicero asks Gordianus the question in his library, what does Gordianus think of him then?

4. When Gordianus tells Roscius what he learned, how does Roscius respond?

5. How does Cicero's house indicate his lifestyle?

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