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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Giton.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Sibyl.

5. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Venus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Lucilius.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?

4. What does the translator say he does not do?

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

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