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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen to Trimalchio's slaves when he dies?
(a) They will be killed.
(b) They will be freed.
(c) They will take turns standing at his tomb.
(d) They will be transferred to his wife.

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

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

4. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Eumolpus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Euripides.

5. Which emperor had high literary ambitions?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Nero.

6. How does the translator suspect the modern reader will view the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Unoffensive.
(b) Risque.
(c) Offensive.
(d) Unimportant.

7. What animal does the pork dessert resemble?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A bird.
(c) A duck.
(d) A goose.

8. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?
(a) The book's author.
(b) The book's translator.
(c) Priapus.
(d) The emperor in the story.

9. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?
(a) He is concerned that he does not have an original copy.
(b) It is fragmented and has missing sections.
(c) He cannot read the language.
(d) No one has ever heard of Seneca.

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

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

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

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

14. What reward is offered for the safe return of Giton?
(a) 1000 yen.
(b) 500 sesterces.
(c) 50 dollars.
(d) 1000 sesterces.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated "The Satyricon"?

2. In which town does Encolpius get a tutoring job?

3. What color coat does Trimalchio wear to the dinner party?

4. Who tries to rape Giton?

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

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