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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. Niceros tells a story about what creature?
(a) Vampire.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Unicorn.
(d) Werewolf.

2. What role does Giton play when Ascyltus and Encolpius attend the special dinner?
(a) Their butler.
(b) Their lover.
(c) Their chauffeur.
(d) Their son.

3. What color is the wig of Encolpius?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

4. Who killed Hercules' great granddaughters and great-great grandson?
(a) Claudius.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Nero.

5. In the section entitled The Road to Croton, where are Encolpius and his companions walking when they see a town in a distance?
(a) Down a mountain.
(b) Up a mountain.
(c) On the beach.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?

2. How long was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?

3. In the farce they are creating to enter Croton, which companion will say he has just buried his son?

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

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

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