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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?
(a) By studying directly with the author of the book.
(b) By using a Latin to English standard dictionary.
(c) By studying an amalgamation of several other much earlier translations.
(d) By using the help of noted scholars.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?

3. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?

4. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?

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

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