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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 details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?
(a) Crooked politicians.
(b) Bar hopping.
(c) Sexual details.
(d) Crime.

2. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Eumolphus.
(c) Giton.
(d) Encolpius.

3. Who tries to commit suicide by slashing his throat?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Eumolpus.

4. What animal does the pork dessert resemble?
(a) A goose.
(b) A duck.
(c) A bird.
(d) A rabbit.

5. Who is Encolpius' mentor?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Giton.
(d) Ascyltus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were people without fortunes in Croton doing?

2. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

3. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"

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

5. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?

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