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"Spartacus " by Howard Fast Trivia Quiz

Ten questions that should be quite easy if you have read "Spartacus" by Howard Fast.

A multiple-choice quiz by itsfun4u2c. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
itsfun4u2c

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
200,802

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
215

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the year at the beginning of this novel? Hint

23 B.C.

71 B.C.

223 B.C.

71 A.D.

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the road from Rome to Capua? Hint

Appian Way

Caesar Trail

Romulus Road

Antonius Path

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Question 3 of 10

3. The three people who travel to Capua when the story takes place are? Hint

Gracchus, the soldier, Aralus Porthus, and his sister, Julia

Cicero, his girlfriend, Julia and her sister, Helena

Caius Crassus, his sister, Helena and her friend, Claudia Marius

Antonius Caius, Julia and her sister, Claudia Marius

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which person retrieved Spartacus from the mines and trained him as a gladiator? Hint

Antonius Caius

Crassus

Batiatus

Cicero

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Question 5 of 10

5. Spartacus is of what heritage? Hint

Roman

Thracian

Spaniard

Egyptian

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the lover Spartacus found while training to be a gladiator? Hint

Enya

Varinia

Julia

Claudia

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Question 7 of 10

7. The uprising which started the revolt began where? Hint

Under the stadium, in the barracks.

The mess hall.

Just outside the dungeons.

In transit from Capua to Rome.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Spartacus planned to attack Rome.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Spartacus was crucified.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Spartacus and his lover had a child who was killed alongside Spartacus.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the year at the beginning of this novel?

Answer: 71 B.C.

Birth of the great Roman poet Virgil, near Mantua, in Cisalpine Gaul, follows one year later.

2. What is the name of the road from Rome to Capua?

Answer: Appian Way

It was along this path that the Romans crucified over 6,000 slaves that revolted and fought under Spartacus.

3. The three people who travel to Capua when the story takes place are?

Answer: Caius Crassus, his sister, Helena and her friend, Claudia Marius

Romans often traveled to Capua for rich oils and perfumes that were about half the price than when purchased in Rome.

4. Which person retrieved Spartacus from the mines and trained him as a gladiator?

Answer: Batiatus

He did not want to take Spartacus to Rome because it was like a "butcher shop" there. Rather, he kept Spartacus and other gladiators in Capua and Sicily.

5. Spartacus is of what heritage?

Answer: Thracian

The ancestors of the Thracians had lived on the Balkan Peninsula as far back as the new Stone Age.

6. Who was the lover Spartacus found while training to be a gladiator?

Answer: Varinia

Howard Fast invented her. It was believed that Spartacus did marry and that he married a Thracian.

7. The uprising which started the revolt began where?

Answer: The mess hall.

The women slaves joined in the slaughter in which the soldiers were greatly outnumbered.

8. Spartacus planned to attack Rome.

Answer: True

He was captured before any assault took place.

9. Spartacus was crucified.

Answer: True

Many soldiers claimed they themselves were Spartacus and were crucified. Crassus did find out who he was and set a fight to the death between Spartacus and his closest friend, Antonius. Spartacus won but was soon crucified.

10. Spartacus and his lover had a child who was killed alongside Spartacus.

Answer: False

You had to be paying attention at the end of the novel to know the answer to this one. Spartacus had a son who eventually escaped to the mountains and later fought Romans and have two sons of his own.

Source: Author itsfun4u2c

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