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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dinner with Trimalchio.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Considering similar works of the same time period, what link was the author's satire obviously missing?
(a) Man's failure was because of attempts to be moral.
(b) Man's failure was because of attempts to be immortal.
(c) Man's failure was due to lack of morals.
(d) Man's failure was due to politicians.

2. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Alone.
(d) Encolpius.

3. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?
(a) He is fired.
(b) He is whipped.
(c) He is stoned.
(d) He is stripped.

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

5. Which emperor had high literary ambitions?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Nero.
(d) Claudius.

Short Answer Questions

1. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?

2. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?

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

4. How do scholars see "The Satyricon" today?

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

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