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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. Who vows to keep the plan a secret when the companions enter Croton?
(a) Encolpius, Ascyltus and Encolpious.
(b) No one.
(c) Ascyltus and Encolpious.
(d) Encolpius and Giton.

2. Which of the companions plans to act addled and ill as part of his disguise?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Eumolpus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Giton.

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

4. What language do the actors use in their presentation at the dinner party?
(a) English.
(b) Latin.
(c) Roman.
(d) Greek.

5. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?
(a) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
(b) "Julius Caesar."
(c) "Athena."
(d) "Amores."

Short Answer Questions

1. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?

2. How is the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig saved?

3. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?

4. Which character will portray a slave when the companions enter Croton?

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

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