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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Trimalchio use when he sings the lines of the play?
(a) Latin.
(b) Classical Arabic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman.

2. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Ascyltus.

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

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

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

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

7. Why, according to the translator, is "The Satyricon" difficult to classify?
(a) It is not meant for young readers.
(b) It includes so much sexuality issues.
(c) It was new.
(d) It is fragmented.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. How do scholars see "The Satyricon" today?
(a) It is a respected piece of literature.
(b) Debauchery.
(c) It is a moral tale strictly for children.
(d) Classic pornography.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements has "The Satyricon" been called, now deemed to be worthy literature?

2. What is inside the egg that is served at the dinner party?

3. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?

4. What spills out of the pig when the chef is ordered to cut it?

5. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?

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