4. Relate what took place in the arena.

5. Explain: podium, Hercules, colossus, superhuman,

barbarian; line 13, page 407; lines 8-9, page 412.

6. Sienkiewicz (sh[)e]n-ky[=a]´v[vi]ch) is a famous

Polish novelist (1846-1916). His best known novel

is _Quo Vadis_ ("Whither goest thou?").

(From Jeremiah Curtin's translation of _Quo Vadis_,

copyrighted by Little, Brown & Company.)

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