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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) Rome.
(b) Pergamum.
(c) Croton.
(d) Athens.

2. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?
(a) They get out and can't find a job.
(b) The learn more.
(c) They become superior adults.
(d) They become inferior adults.

3. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Circe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?

2. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

3. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?

4. If the boy doesn't get presents from Encolpius, what does he threaten to do?

5. What does the priestess soak in a brew?

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