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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Ascyltus.

2. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?
(a) The importance of discipline in writing and the arts.
(b) The value of teachers and that they should be respected.
(c) Bad students.
(d) Bad parents.

3. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?
(a) "Julius Caesar."
(b) "Amores."
(c) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
(d) "Athena."

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

5. Why do people throw stones at Eumolpus?
(a) They think he stole something from the museum.
(b) They're tired of listening to his poetry.
(c) He is an enemy of Ascyltus.
(d) He is friends with Encolpius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?

2. Who is the "terribly elegant" gentleman?

3. If the boy doesn't get presents from Encolpius, what does he threaten to do?

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

5. Who is thrown overboard and sucked under by the current in Eumolpus?

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