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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. What does the translator say he does not do?
(a) Read Greek well.
(b) Like borrowing copies.
(c) Study more about Senca himself.
(d) Fill in obviously missing gaps.

2. How does the man disguised as the wealthy one plan to explain that he has lost some of his money?
(a) He has been shipwrecked.
(b) He gave it to needy people.
(c) He was robbed.
(d) He lost it gambling.

3. Who does Ascyltus accuse of being a hypocrite?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Quartilla.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. Who is afraid of Claudius in heaven?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Venus.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Hercules.

5. What is not held in high esteem in Croton?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Royalty.
(c) The gods.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color coat does Trimalchio wear to the dinner party?

2. Who becomes enraged by Claudius' order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity?

3. What color is the wig of Encolpius?

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

5. Who was the emperor when "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?

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