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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Gordianus and Bethesda return to their house, what does he do?
(a) Leaves again to question Roscia in private.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Goes out to hire a guard.
(d) Eats dinner.

2. The owner at the Bleating Lamb tells Gordianus that________________.
(a) They don't know about Roscius.
(b) The man he wants to talk to is dead.
(c) That the elder Roscius was his uncle.
(d) There are other members of the Roscii family.

3. What did Gordianus figure out from the two attacks on his house?
(a) That someone in Cicero's circle is leaking information.
(b) That he can no longer stay in Rome.
(c) That Cicero is trying to kill him.
(d) That Roscius is not who everyone thinks he is.

4. Where is Tiro supposed to meet Rosica on the next day?
(a) Near Caecilia's house.
(b) At Cicero's house.
(c) At the Forum.
(d) By the river.

5. In Chapter 25, the two slaves tell how Elena died. What was the manner of her death?
(a) She was weak and ill after the birth of her baby, and died in a cart on the way to Rome.
(b) The Roscii cousins killed her immediately.
(c) She died giving birth to her baby.
(d) She died trying to prevent the Roscii from killing her baby.

6. Gordianus suspects that the guard has _______________.
(a) Not seen him yet.
(b) Already killed Bethesda.
(c) Seen him in the shadows.
(d) Been hired by Sulla.

7. In Chapter 22, Tiro admits that_________________.
(a) He is afraid for his life.
(b) He is in love with Rosica.
(c) He hired the guard who said he was from Cicero.
(d) He has been giving Roscia information.

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

9. Titus Megarus and other landowners tried to petition Sulla to do what?
(a) Drop the charges against Roscius (filius).
(b) Sell the land to one of them.
(c) Revoke the edict against Roscius (pater) and return the land to his son.
(d) Divide the farm up among all the Roscii family.

10. What upsets Rufus during a song poking fun at Sulla?
(a) The song is sung horribly, and Rufus likes only beautiful music.
(b) The song makes an off-color joke about his sister.
(c) The song makes fun of Sulla's interest in Rufus.
(d) The song suggests all nobles are bastards.

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

12. How does Gordianus react when Titus mentions the name Chrysogonus?
(a) He does not react at all, because he is not sure he can trust Titus.
(b) He recognizes it as the "partner" Carus told him bought the slaves Felix and Chrestus.
(c) He faints and hits his head against the stone wall.
(d) He slaps his hand on his leg and mutters, "I knew it."

13. When Rufus and Gordianus are alone in Caecilia's garden, they discuss _________________.
(a) That Rufus is convinced Roscius is guilty.
(b) A party in Sulla's honor given by Chrysogonus the following evening.
(c) What Rufus thinks of Chyrsogonus.
(d) Why Magnus and Capito want the land.

14. What does Carus reveal to Gordianus?
(a) That the slaves Felix and Chrestus were sold to Chrysogonus.
(b) That Felix and Chrestus now own the farm.
(c) That he is now a freedman and works on the farm.
(d) That Capito is a good master.

15. Gordianus asks a boy for directions to the home of Sextus Roscius, and he finds out ______________.
(a) The boy lives on the neighboring farm.
(b) The boy now lives on the farm with his family.
(c) The boy is suspcious of him.
(d) The farm has been abandoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rufus does not want to attend a party where Sulla will be present because __________________.

2. Rufus learns that ___________________ was the one who bought the Roscius estate at auction.

3. Who is Valeria?

4. How do Gordianus and Tiro finally exit Chrysogonus's house?

5. What curious comment does Carus make about Roscius (pater)?

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