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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Considering similar works of the same time period, what link was the author's satire obviously missing?
(a) Man's failure was due to lack of morals.
(b) Man's failure was because of attempts to be immortal.
(c) Man's failure was due to politicians.
(d) Man's failure was because of attempts to be moral.

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

3. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"
(a) Claudius.
(b) J.P. Sullivan.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Titus Petronius.

4. Who does the maid only have relations with?
(a) Poets.
(b) Kings.
(c) Knights.
(d) Slaves.

5. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?
(a) Crooked politicians.
(b) Bar hopping.
(c) Crime.
(d) Sexual details.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the pork dessert resemble?

2. What is the translation of the title of "The Apocolocyntosis"?

3. What is inside the egg that is served at the dinner party?

4. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?

5. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?

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