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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Lucilius.
(b) Venus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Aristotle.

2. What spills out of the pig when the chef is ordered to cut it?
(a) Sausages and puddings.
(b) Blood.
(c) Colored water.
(d) Guts.

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

4. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Risque.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Boring.

5. What animals enter the room and attack Encolpius when the priestess leaves?
(a) Cats.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Geese.
(d) Bulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's task in his official title of the emperor's court?

2. Why will the townspeople think Encolpius has moved to Croton?

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

4. How does the translator suspect the modern reader will view the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?

5. Who tries to rape Giton?

(see the answer key)

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