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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) Circe.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Giton.

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

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

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

5. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Giton.
(d) Ascyltus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?

3. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

4. What is the author's task in his official title of the emperor's court?

5. Why does the translator say the book skips around and has gaps in the story?

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