The Satyricon of Petronius / The Apocolocyntosis of Seneca Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Satyricon of Petronius / The Apocolocyntosis of Seneca Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets Claudius in heaven?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Venus.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Mars.

2. What is the translation of the title of "The Apocolocyntosis"?
(a) Read more Poetry, Please.
(b) What a Blundering Idiot.
(c) Sex in the Parthenon.
(d) Transfiguration of a Pumpkin-head.

3. Who throws rocks at Eumolpus at the end of the chapter called The Road to Croton?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) No one.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) Giton.

4. To where was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?
(a) Athens.
(b) Corsica.
(c) Croton.
(d) Rome.

5. Why are there no children in Croton?
(a) Children are sold into slavery from there.
(b) Children are killed there.
(c) They are all barren.
(d) People with heirs don't get invited to socialize.

6. What must Giton remove for his role in Croton?
(a) His accent.
(b) His wig.
(c) His money.
(d) His toga.

7. Who is afraid of Claudius in heaven?
(a) Venus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Jupiter.

8. Who was Nero's tutor?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Euripides.

9. Who died a year before the "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Nero.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Claudius.

10. Who vows to keep the plan a secret when the companions enter Croton?
(a) Ascyltus and Encolpious.
(b) Encolpius, Ascyltus and Encolpious.
(c) Encolpius and Giton.
(d) No one.

11. Who develops a plan to use in order to enter the city of Croton?
(a) Giton.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Encolpius.

12. What were people without fortunes in Croton doing?
(a) Hunting fortunes.
(b) Begging.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Working as slaves.

13. What are the two classes of people in Croton?
(a) Rich or trying to get rich.
(b) Very rich and very poor.
(c) Very rich and just rich.
(d) Poor and very poor.

14. In the farce they are creating to enter Croton, which companion will say he has just buried his son?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Euripides.

15. Who especially likes the prospects the town has to offer to the companions?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Eumolpus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals enter the room and attack Encolpius when the priestess leaves?

2. What is the subject of the poem recited at the end of The Road to Croton?

3. At what stage of the emperor's reign was "The Apocolocyntosis" written?

4. Who is overly praised in "The Apocolocyntosis"?

5. Who does Claudius indicate he is to Hercules in heaven?

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