Gladiator

c
“Tomorrow you can scream in seven languages.”
d
“You go out into the arena as slaves. You come back—if you

come back—as gladiators.”

9
Explain:
a
Senator Gracchus’s opinion of Commodus.
b
how Commodus first gets the idea for the gladiator games.
c
why Commodus thinks the games are a good idea.
10
Who are these people? What do you know about them?
a
He is a large man with big, blue eyes, white hair, and a white
beard.
73

---

b
He is small, and looks quite ordinary, but he only has one eye.
c
He is a tall, thin man with long hair.
 
Chapters 7-9
Before you read
11 
Who do you think the spy is selling his information to? What do you
think will happen to him?