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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 recites the poem at the end of The Road to Croton?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Giton.

2. What does Encolpius promise to give the boy that he simply cannot deliver?
(a) A new book.
(b) A thoroughbred.
(c) A trip to the museum.
(d) Gold.

3. What were people without fortunes in Croton doing?
(a) Working as slaves.
(b) Begging.
(c) Hunting fortunes.
(d) Teaching.

4. Which emperor's court does the author serve under?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Caesar.

5. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Eumolpus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?

2. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?

3. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?

4. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?

5. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?

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