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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the friends actually end their fight over Giton?
(a) They kick him out.
(b) They kill him.
(c) They cut him in half.
(d) They let Giton pick.

2. Where does Encolpius want to stab Eumolpus?
(a) In his spleen.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In his lungs to let out all the hot air.
(d) In his pancreas.

3. Which instructor developed proper language skills in his students?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Encolpius.

4. Niceros tells a story about what creature?
(a) Werewolf.
(b) Vampire.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Unicorn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town that Encolpius and his companions see while walking?

2. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?

3. What language does Trimalchio use when he sings the lines of the play?

4. According to Eumolpus, how is the only accurate way to record history?

5. Who ordered the exile of the author of "The Apocolocyntosis"?

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