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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which town does Encolpius get a tutoring job?
(a) Croton.
(b) Pergamum.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

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

3. Who is thrown overboard and sucked under by the current in Eumolpus?
(a) Lichas.
(b) Tryphaena.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Giton.

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

5. What fine must Tryphaena pay if she forces Giton into sexual acts?
(a) 2000 coins.
(b) 1000 pecos.
(c) 1000 sesterces.
(d) 200 denarii.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?

2. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

3. What does Encolpius vow to give up for the beautiful woman he meets?

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

5. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?

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