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

2. Who is the "terribly elegant" gentleman?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Ascytlus.
(c) Trimalchio.
(d) Hercules.

3. What is the subject of the poem recited at the end of The Road to Croton?
(a) An epic tale of the companions.
(b) Greek history.
(c) An ocean and shipwreck adventure.
(d) Roman history.

4. In the farce they are creating to enter Croton, which companion will say he has just buried his son?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Ascyltus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which instructor developed proper language skills in his students?

2. Who throws rocks at Eumolpus at the end of the chapter called The Road to Croton?

3. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?

4. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?

5. According to Eumolpus, how is the only accurate way to record history?

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