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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?
(a) Arbiter of Elegance.
(b) Official Historian.
(c) Knight of the Roundtable.
(d) Joker and Comedian.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

2. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?

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

4. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?

5. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?

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