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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?
(a) Death.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Silence.
(d) No meaning.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Encolpius want to stab Eumolpus?

3. Who tries to commit suicide by slashing his throat?

4. Who is Encolpius' teacher at the beginning of "The Satyricon"?

5. How does the argument between Encolpius and Ascyltus in the section called Puteoli end?

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