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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?
(a) Aphrodisiacs.
(b) Sea water.
(c) Tea.
(d) Lemonade.

2. Who translated "The Satyricon"?
(a) Titus Petronius.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) J.P. Sullivan.

3. What role does Giton play when Ascyltus and Encolpius attend the special dinner?
(a) Their son.
(b) Their chauffeur.
(c) Their lover.
(d) Their butler.

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

5. Who tries to commit suicide by hanging?
(a) Giton.
(b) Eumolpus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Ascyltus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Encolpius want to stab Eumolpus?

5. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

(see the answer key)

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