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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Encolpius when he cannot sexually perform with the beautiful woman a second time?
(a) He is kicked out of town.
(b) He runs back to his boy lover.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is beaten.

2. How is the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig saved?
(a) His children ask for their father not to be killed.
(b) Trimalchio gets tired of dealing with him.
(c) His wife begs.
(d) Guests plead for his mercy.

3. What is a eunuch?
(a) A court magician.
(b) A castrated man.
(c) A bottle maker.
(d) A horse with a horn.

4. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?
(a) To cut off the boy's ear.
(b) To kill the boy in his sleep.
(c) To castrate the boy.
(d) To tell his father what's been going on.

5. How long was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is not held in high esteem in Croton?

3. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

4. What reward is offered for the safe return of Giton?

5. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?

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