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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Croton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Eumolpus run into a naked man looking for a boy?
(a) When arriving at the museum.
(b) When leaving the bath.
(c) When arriving at the bath.
(d) When leaving the musuem.

2. What does the priestess soak in a brew?
(a) A goose liver.
(b) Encolpius' right hand.
(c) Encolpius' genitals.
(d) A goose heart.

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

4. Why does Circe ask if she emits a fowl odor?
(a) Because Encolpius is impotent.
(b) Because a dead animal is nearby.
(c) Because she can smell it too.
(d) Because a spell has been cast upon her.

5. Who really wants to know if Encolpius sells himself or gives himself away sexually?
(a) A maid.
(b) Giton.
(c) Circe.
(d) A witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "The Satyricon"?

2. What do the priestess and witch yell as Encolpius runs away?

3. How do the friends actually end their fight over Giton?

4. How does the argument between Encolpius and Ascyltus in the section called Puteoli end?

5. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?

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