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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recites the poem at the end of The Road to Croton?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Giton.

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

3. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Circe.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Giton.

4. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Venus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Lucilius.

5. What will happen to Trimalchio's slaves when he dies?
(a) They will be freed.
(b) They will take turns standing at his tomb.
(c) They will be killed.
(d) They will be transferred to his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?

2. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?

3. Who wrote "The Apocolocyntosis"?

4. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?

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

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