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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puteoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?
(a) He is talented and sophisticated.
(b) He is respected for his humor.
(c) He is really wordy.
(d) He has many travels and many entertaining stories to tell.

2. How does the translator suspect the modern reader will view the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Unoffensive.
(c) Risque.
(d) Offensive.

3. What is the author's task in his official title of the emperor's court?
(a) To weave tales.
(b) To officially record the emperor's speeches.
(c) To judge and recommend elegant things.
(d) To make the emperor laugh.

4. Who tries to rape Giton?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Ascyltus.

5. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?
(a) Of having a crush on Giton.
(b) Of stealing money and clothing from him.
(c) Of raping Giton.
(d) Of praising Agamemnon to get a free meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?

2. How does the translator believe he approached the work?

3. Which of the following statements has "The Satyricon" been called, now deemed to be worthy literature?

4. Which instructor developed proper language skills in his students?

5. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?

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