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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 is the narrator of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Giton.

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

3. What does Encolpius do at night when the boy he tutors falls asleep?
(a) Gambles in the marketplace.
(b) Works a second job.
(c) Fondles and kisses him.
(d) Reads private letters.

4. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?
(a) Giton.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) An acrobat.
(d) The chef.

5. Who throws rocks at Eumolpus at the end of the chapter called The Road to Croton?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) No one.
(d) The townspeople.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who really wants to know if Encolpius sells himself or gives himself away sexually?

2. What cuts Eumolpus' forehead?

3. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?

4. Why was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?

5. Why do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater to one of the companions?

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