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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dinner with Trimalchio.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"
(a) Seneca.
(b) J.P. Sullivan.
(c) Titus Petronius.
(d) Claudius.

3. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?
(a) Alone.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Encolpius.

4. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?
(a) A bag.
(b) Giton.
(c) A cloak.
(d) A goat.

5. How long does Trimalchio have to live?
(a) About one week if the astrology is right.
(b) Ten years, 2 months and four days.
(c) Six months at best.
(d) Thirty years, four months and two days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Niceros tells a story about what creature?

2. What language do the actors use in their presentation at the dinner party?

3. 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?

4. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?

5. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?

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