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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. When does Eumolpus run into a naked man looking for a boy?
(a) When leaving the bath.
(b) When arriving at the museum.
(c) When arriving at the bath.
(d) When leaving the musuem.

2. What is the name of the town that Encolpius and his companions see while walking?
(a) Croton.
(b) Pergamum.
(c) Vesuvius.
(d) Rome.

3. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?
(a) Joker and Comedian.
(b) Arbiter of Elegance.
(c) Knight of the Roundtable.
(d) Official Historian.

4. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?
(a) Confusion.
(b) No meaning.
(c) Death.
(d) Silence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposes that Claudius be made a god simply because of his blood relation to other gods?

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

3. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?

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

5. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?

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