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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. As a satirist, the author does not create a character that teaches a moral. What two words best describe the author's consideration of morality?
(a) Humorous and political.
(b) Detached and uninterested.
(c) Disgusting and unusual.
(d) Caring and concerned.

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

3. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is stripped.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He is stoned.

4. Why are there no children in Croton?
(a) They are all barren.
(b) People with heirs don't get invited to socialize.
(c) Children are sold into slavery from there.
(d) Children are killed there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the translator say he does not do?

2. How long does Trimalchio have to live?

3. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?

4. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

5. What are the two classes of people in Croton?

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