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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color coat does Trimalchio wear to the dinner party?
(a) Gold.
(b) Red.
(c) Purple.
(d) Silver.

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

3. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?
(a) To lunch.
(b) To a brothel.
(c) To the grotto.
(d) To the palace.

4. What is the "problem" with the newly roasted pig presented at the dinner?
(a) The host doesn't like ham.
(b) They forgot the apple in its mouth.
(c) It wasn't gutted.
(d) It's not fully cooked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

2. Which emperor's court does the author serve under?

3. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?

4. How does Ascyltus first suggest the friends end their fight over Giton?

5. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?

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