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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Eumolphus.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Giton.

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

3. What cuts Eumolpus' forehead?
(a) A sword.
(b) A jug.
(c) A razor.
(d) Glass.

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

5. Who tries to commit suicide by hanging?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Giton.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Encolpius.

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

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

8. 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.

9. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?
(a) Trimalchio explains what people born under each sign can expect in their futures.
(b) It is carried out by a gymnast who is walking on his hands (carrying platter on his feet).
(c) If they guess the ingredients in the delicacies, they may eat them.
(d) When it is empty, a chorus begins to sing.

10. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?
(a) Menippean satire.
(b) Odyssey.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Classical translation.

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

12. What fine must Tryphaena pay if she forces Giton into sexual acts?
(a) 200 denarii.
(b) 2000 coins.
(c) 1000 sesterces.
(d) 1000 pecos.

13. Who is Trimalchio's wife?
(a) Circe.
(b) Providence.
(c) He has no wife.
(d) Fortunata.

14. According to Trimalchio, what will those born under the sign of Leo be?
(a) Wealthy and happy.
(b) Bossy and greedy.
(c) Warm blooded.
(d) Rich in lion herds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?

2. What is the "problem" with the newly roasted pig presented at the dinner?

3. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

4. What do Ascyltus and Encolpius try to sell?

5. Why does the translator say the book skips around and has gaps in the story?

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