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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the friends actually end their fight over Giton?
(a) They kick him out.
(b) They cut him in half.
(c) They kill him.
(d) They let Giton pick.

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

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

4. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Giton.

5. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Alone.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Encolpius.

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

7. Who wants to be Giton's teacher and guardian in exchange for a sexual relationship?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Agamemnon.

8. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?
(a) Euripides.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Giton.
(d) Ascyltus.

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

10. Who is the "terribly elegant" gentleman?
(a) Ascytlus.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Trimalchio.

11. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?
(a) He is talented and sophisticated.
(b) He is really wordy.
(c) He has many travels and many entertaining stories to tell.
(d) He is respected for his humor.

12. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum?
(a) Giton.
(b) Eumolpus.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Trimalchio.

13. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?
(a) The value of teachers and that they should be respected.
(b) The importance of discipline in writing and the arts.
(c) Bad parents.
(d) Bad students.

14. What language do the actors use in their presentation at the dinner party?
(a) Greek.
(b) Roman.
(c) Latin.
(d) English.

15. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?
(a) To lunch.
(b) To the palace.
(c) To a brothel.
(d) To the grotto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which emperor's court does the author serve under?

2. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?

3. How does the translator suspect the modern reader will view the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?

4. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?

5. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

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