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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?
(a) To castrate the boy.
(b) To tell his father what's been going on.
(c) To kill the boy in his sleep.
(d) To cut off the boy's ear.

2. What is inside the egg that is served at the dinner party?
(a) Gold coins.
(b) Fig peckers.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Pudding.

3. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Sibyl.

4. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?
(a) A prostitute from the brothel.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Encolpius.

5. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?
(a) With magic.
(b) By stealing it.
(c) It was given to them by Trimalchio.
(d) They found it.

Short Answer Questions

1. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?

2. Who vows to keep the plan a secret when the companions enter Croton?

3. Who was the emperor when "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?

4. To whom do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater?

5. In the farce they are creating to enter Croton, which companion will say he has just buried his son?

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