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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What spills out of the pig when the chef is ordered to cut it?
(a) Guts.
(b) Sausages and puddings.
(c) Colored water.
(d) Blood.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a eunuch?

3. Who sets out to sail on a trip in the chapter entitled Eumolpus?

4. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?

5. Who is Trimalchio's wife?

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