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

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

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

4. How many of the animals that attack Encolpius does he actually kill?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?
(a) "Julius Caesar."
(b) "Athena."
(c) "Amores."
(d) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater?

2. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum?

3. Why does Circe ask if she emits a fowl odor?

4. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

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

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