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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Apocolocyntosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What decorates the platter of delicacies that the slaves bring to the table?
(a) The Greek letter Tau.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Zodiac signs.
(d) Roman designs.

3. What fine must Tryphaena pay if she forces Giton into sexual acts?
(a) 1000 pecos.
(b) 1000 sesterces.
(c) 200 denarii.
(d) 2000 coins.

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

5. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Circe.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Giton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bottle is carried for the dinner host's urinary needs?

2. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?

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

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

5. Who died a year before the "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?

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