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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?
(a) To lunch.
(b) To a brothel.
(c) To the grotto.
(d) To the palace.

2. What color is the wig of Encolpius?
(a) Gray.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

3. Why does the witch meet Encolpius in the woods?
(a) To see if he is a god.
(b) To cast a spell on him that will test his virility.
(c) To make him disappear.
(d) As part of a pagan ritual.

4. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?
(a) The importance of discipline in writing and the arts.
(b) Bad parents.
(c) Bad students.
(d) The value of teachers and that they should be respected.

5. Which instructor developed proper language skills in his students?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?

2. What reward is offered for the safe return of Giton?

3. What fine must Tryphaena pay if she forces Giton into sexual acts?

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

5. Who really wants to know if Encolpius sells himself or gives himself away sexually?

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