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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "problem" with the newly roasted pig presented at the dinner?
(a) It's not fully cooked.
(b) They forgot the apple in its mouth.
(c) It wasn't gutted.
(d) The host doesn't like ham.

2. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?
(a) Classical translation.
(b) Odyssey.
(c) Menippean satire.
(d) The Bible.

3. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?
(a) A market scene.
(b) Trimalchio along with the gods Mercury and Minerva.
(c) Heaven, with God and Trimalchio.
(d) Heaven, with Trimalchio as the only god.

4. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"
(a) Seneca.
(b) Titus Petronius.
(c) Claudius.
(d) J.P. Sullivan.

5. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?
(a) Arbiter of Elegance.
(b) Knight of the Roundtable.
(c) Joker and Comedian.
(d) Official Historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eumolpus run into a naked man looking for a boy?

2. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?

3. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

4. Why, according to the translator, is "The Satyricon" difficult to classify?

5. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?

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