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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 was the result of Titus's and the other landowners' petition?
(a) Titus was put in prison.
(b) Roscius's name was cleared.
(c) Sulla took their land.
(d) Nothing. Sulla never heard it.

2. Why is Gordianus confused when a guard shows up claiming Cicero sent him?
(a) Cicero would never send a guard to Gordianus.
(b) Gordianus told Cicero he already had hired a guard.
(c) Cicero clearly told Gordianus to hire his own guard.
(d) Gordianus clearly asked CIcero not to do that.

3. In Chapter 23, what does Gordianus learn about Roscia?
(a) That she is in love with him.
(b) That she knows her father killed her grandfather.
(c) That her father has been sexually molesting her.
(d) That she is pregnant.

4. What is Cicero's client accused of?
(a) Getting a woman pregnant.
(b) Killing his father.
(c) Not paying his debts.
(d) Stealing from a noble man.

5. When Gordianus questions Polia, she__________________.
(a) Pulls a knife on him.
(b) Denies seeing the murder.
(c) Kicks him.
(d) Cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gordianus and Tiro as they are leaving Chrysogonus's house?

2. What does Gordianus learn at the home of Caecilia Metella?

3. Who is the Roman dictator?

4. The owner at the Bleating Lamb tells Gordianus that________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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