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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 thrown overboard and sucked under by the current in Eumolpus?
(a) Tryphaena.
(b) Giton.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Lichas.

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

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

4. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Giton.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Sibyl.

5. What language does Trimalchio use when he sings the lines of the play?
(a) Latin.
(b) Roman.
(c) Greek.
(d) Classical Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

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

3. Why does the priestess fall?

4. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

5. When does Eumolpus run into a naked man looking for a boy?

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