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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 problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?
(a) No one has ever heard of Seneca.
(b) He cannot read the language.
(c) It is fragmented and has missing sections.
(d) He is concerned that he does not have an original copy.

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

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

5. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Giton.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?

3. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?

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

5. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

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