2. How does the translator believe he approached the work?
(a) Carefully with respect to the original.
(b) He is a professional and filled in all the gaps.
(c) He totally rewrote the story based on historical clues.
(d) He did the best he could.

3. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?
(a) To castrate the boy.
(b) To kill the boy in his sleep.
(c) To cut off the boy's ear.
(d) To tell his father what's been going on.

4. How is the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig saved?
(a) Guests plead for his mercy.
(b) Trimalchio gets tired of dealing with him.
(c) His wife begs.
(d) His children ask for their father not to be killed.

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

6. Who sets out to sail on a trip in the chapter entitled Eumolpus?
(a) Eumolpus, Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.
(b) Eumolpus, Encolpius and Giton.
(c) Encolpius and Giton.
(d) Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.

7. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?
(a) A prostitute from the brothel.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) The old woman.

8. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?
(a) They become inferior adults.
(b) They get out and can't find a job.
(c) The learn more.
(d) They become superior adults.

9. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?
(a) Heaven, with God and Trimalchio.
(b) Heaven, with Trimalchio as the only god.
(c) Trimalchio along with the gods Mercury and Minerva.
(d) A market scene.

10. If the boy doesn't get presents from Encolpius, what does he threaten to do?
(a) Castrate Encolpius.
(b) Tell his father what's been going on.
(c) Kill Encolpius in his sleep.
(d) Cut off Encolpius' ear.

11. What threat does Giton make that urges Tryphaena to immediately pardon them?
(a) To cut off his own genitals.
(b) To kill Tryphaena.
(c) To hang himself.
(d) To kill Lichas.

12. What decorates the platter of delicacies that the slaves bring to the table?
(a) The Greek letter Tau.
(b) Zodiac signs.
(c) Roman designs.
(d) Flowers.

13. What does the accountant read at the dinner party?
(a) A poem he wrote.
(b) A game of numbers and figures.
(c) A welcome to the guests.
(d) Statistical and financial statements about Trimalchio's estate.

14. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Risque.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Boring.

15. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?
(a) A great lover.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A lazy intellectual.
(d) His best friend.