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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Trimalchio have to live?
(a) About one week if the astrology is right.
(b) Ten years, 2 months and four days.
(c) Six months at best.
(d) Thirty years, four months and two days.

3. Who is the narrator of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. What does the accountant read at the dinner party?
(a) A poem he wrote.
(b) A game of numbers and figures.
(c) A welcome to the guests.
(d) Statistical and financial statements about Trimalchio's estate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What cuts Eumolpus' forehead?

2. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

3. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?

4. Niceros tells a story about what creature?

5. Who is the "terribly elegant" gentleman?

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