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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 is Circe's maid?
(a) She doesn't have one.
(b) Chrysis.
(c) Proselenus.
(d) Oenothea.

2. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?
(a) By studying directly with the author of the book.
(b) By using the help of noted scholars.
(c) By studying an amalgamation of several other much earlier translations.
(d) By using a Latin to English standard dictionary.

3. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum?
(a) Trimalchio.
(b) Giton.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Eumolpus.

4. What do the priestess and witch yell as Encolpius runs away?
(a) "Stop, thief!"
(b) "Coward!"
(c) "Run, weakling!"
(d) "Get back here in the name of love!"

5. Who is Encolpius' teacher at the beginning of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not held in high esteem in Croton?

2. What fine must Tryphaena pay if she forces Giton into sexual acts?

3. To where was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?

4. In which country was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" born?

5. Which emperor's court does the author serve under?

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