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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Giton.
(d) Circe.

2. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?
(a) Priapus.
(b) The emperor in the story.
(c) The book's translator.
(d) The book's author.

3. How does the translator believe he approached the work?
(a) He totally rewrote the story based on historical clues.
(b) He is a professional and filled in all the gaps.
(c) He did the best he could.
(d) Carefully with respect to the original.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?

2. Who does Ascyltus accuse of being a hypocrite?

3. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

4. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?

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

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