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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"
(a) Claudius.
(b) Seneca.
(c) J.P. Sullivan.
(d) Titus Petronius.

2. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?
(a) Bar hopping.
(b) Sexual details.
(c) Crooked politicians.
(d) Crime.

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

4. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?
(a) It is fragmented and has missing sections.
(b) He cannot read the language.
(c) No one has ever heard of Seneca.
(d) He is concerned that he does not have an original copy.

5. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Giton.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Considering similar works of the same time period, what link was the author's satire obviously missing?

2. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?

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

4. Who does Ascyltus accuse of being a hypocrite?

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

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