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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 does the accountant read at the dinner party?
(a) Statistical and financial statements about Trimalchio's estate.
(b) A poem he wrote.
(c) A game of numbers and figures.
(d) A welcome to the guests.

2. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?
(a) The importance of discipline in writing and the arts.
(b) Bad parents.
(c) Bad students.
(d) The value of teachers and that they should be respected.

3. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?
(a) Euripides.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Giton.
(d) Ascyltus.

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

5. How do scholars see "The Satyricon" today?
(a) Debauchery.
(b) Classic pornography.
(c) It is a moral tale strictly for children.
(d) It is a respected piece of literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?

3. Why, according to the translator, is "The Satyricon" difficult to classify?

4. How does the Trimalchio arrive at the dinner table?

5. Who does Ascyltus accuse of being a hypocrite?

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