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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rufus admits to Gordianus that _________________.
(a) He is in love with Roscia.
(b) He wants to leave the country.
(c) He is infatuated with Cicero.
(d) He wants to be an advocate like Cicero.

2. Who is the old blind man at the Bleating Lamb?
(a) Magnus's father.
(b) A fake--he's not really blind.
(c) The tavern keeper's father.
(d) A spy.

3. Who is Mallius Glaucia?
(a) A slave of Cicero.
(b) A former slave of Magnus.
(c) A friend of Gordianus.
(d) A cousin of Roscius.

4. What happens to Gordianus and Tiro as they are leaving Chrysogonus's house?
(a) They get lost and accidentally stumble into the party.
(b) The have sex wtih the kitchen maid.
(c) They fall down a flight of stairs.
(d) They get lost and are discovered by Magnus and Glaucia.

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

6. What happened to Elena's baby, according to Felix and Chrestus?
(a) He was smuggled out of the house by the midwife.
(b) He was thrown on rocks and killed.
(c) He died before he was born.
(d) There never was a baby. Elena lied.

7. What did the second message in blood say?
(a) "Beware the Ides of May."
(b) "Seek revenge and not justice."
(c) "If you do not cease this folly, continued plagues shall come down on you."
(d) "The fool disobeyed. Now he is dead. Let a wiser man take a holiday come the holy Ides of May."

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

9. What does the tavern owner tell Gordianus that he finds hard to believe?
(a) Someone in Ameria saw Roscius kill Gaius.
(b) Roscius (filius) was with him on the night the elder was killed.
(c) Everyone there thinks Roscius was declared an enemy of Sulla.
(d) Roscius was an imposter, and that was not his real name.

10. To whom was Roscia giving information about Cicero's case?
(a) Rufus.
(b) A slave in Sulla's house.
(c) A man working for the prosecution of her father.
(d) A hired assassin.

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

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

13. After talking with Carus, Gordianus goes to the home of ______________.
(a) Nobody. He goes to an inn.
(b) Felix and Chrestus.
(c) Titus Megarus.
(d) Some other Roscii family members.

14. Gordianus passes two men on the road, and he believes they are the men who broke into his house in Rome. How does he know this?
(a) They are riding one of the horses from the same stable-master.
(b) He recognizes their shoes from the footprints they left.
(c) One man has cat scratches on his face.
(d) One has a bite mark on his arm.

15. What happens between the guard and Gordianus?
(a) They fight and Bethesda kills him.
(b) They fight, and the guard runs off.
(c) They fight, and Gordianus and Bethesda scream for help.
(d) They fight, and Gordianus kills him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Magnus and Capito?

2. What does Carus show Gordianus on the farm?

3. Who ended up buying Roscius's farm, according to the tavern keeper?

4. After the petition by Titus and fellow landowners, what became of Roscius (filius)?

5. Who does the guard sent by Cicero turn out to be?

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