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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Lucilius.
(c) Venus.
(d) Caesar.

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

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

4. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?
(a) The book's translator.
(b) The book's author.
(c) The emperor in the story.
(d) Priapus.

5. Why does the translator say the book skips around and has gaps in the story?
(a) Because he does not want to be blamed for missing content.
(b) So readers will not be confused by the fragmentation.
(c) Because he is eccentric.
(d) Because he couldn't translate everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?

2. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?

3. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?

4. 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?

5. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?

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