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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?
(a) A man.
(b) The old woman.
(c) A goddess in a cloak.
(d) A beautiful woman.

3. Which instructor developed proper language skills in his students?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Risque.
(d) Boring.

5. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?
(a) A bag.
(b) Giton.
(c) A goat.
(d) A cloak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?

2. According to Trimalchio, what will those born under the sign of Leo be?

3. What color coat does Trimalchio wear to the dinner party?

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

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

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