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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig saved?
(a) His children ask for their father not to be killed.
(b) His wife begs.
(c) Guests plead for his mercy.
(d) Trimalchio gets tired of dealing with him.

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

3. How does the argument between Encolpius and Ascyltus in the section called Puteoli end?
(a) With both of them being stabbed.
(b) Ascyltus is carried to a doctor.
(c) They collapse in laughter.
(d) Encolpius is carried to a doctor.

4. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?
(a) It was given to them by Trimalchio.
(b) With magic.
(c) By stealing it.
(d) They found it.

5. Who does Ascyltus accuse of being a hypocrite?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Quartilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inside the egg that is served at the dinner party?

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

3. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?

4. Who tries to rape Giton?

5. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

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