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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Apocolocyntosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recites the poem at the end of The Road to Croton?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Giton.

2. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?
(a) They become inferior adults.
(b) The learn more.
(c) They get out and can't find a job.
(d) They become superior adults.

3. If the boy doesn't get presents from Encolpius, what does he threaten to do?
(a) Kill Encolpius in his sleep.
(b) Cut off Encolpius' ear.
(c) Castrate Encolpius.
(d) Tell his father what's been going on.

4. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?
(a) When it is empty, a chorus begins to sing.
(b) Trimalchio explains what people born under each sign can expect in their futures.
(c) It is carried out by a gymnast who is walking on his hands (carrying platter on his feet).
(d) If they guess the ingredients in the delicacies, they may eat them.

5. How does the Trimalchio arrive at the dinner table?
(a) A eunuch piggy-backs him to his spot.
(b) Six old ladies carry him in.
(c) He is carried in and placed at the table.
(d) He swings in on a vine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Trimalchio's wife?

2. How does the translator deal with the problem he notes in his translation of "The Satyricon"?

3. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?

4. What must Giton remove for his role in Croton?

5. How much "The Apocolocyntosis" is missing from this translation?

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