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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?
(a) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
(b) "Julius Caesar."
(c) "Athena."
(d) "Amores."

2. What happens to Encolpius when he cannot sexually perform with the beautiful woman a second time?
(a) He is beaten.
(b) He is kicked out of town.
(c) He cries.
(d) He runs back to his boy lover.

3. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?
(a) Death.
(b) Confusion.
(c) No meaning.
(d) Silence.

4. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?
(a) Classical translation.
(b) Menippean satire.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Odyssey.

5. How does Ascyltus first suggest the friends end their fight over Giton?
(a) Cut him in half.
(b) Leave him behind and move on.
(c) Turn him loose and see if he comes back.
(d) Let Giton pick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

2. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?

3. How do scholars see "The Satyricon" today?

4. Who tries to rape Giton?

5. What is the "problem" with the newly roasted pig presented at the dinner?

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