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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the maid only have relations with?
(a) Kings.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Poets.
(d) Knights.

2. On what day does Claudius begin to take his last breath?
(a) October 31.
(b) October 13.
(c) The Ides of March.
(d) January 1.

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

4. How does the man disguised as the wealthy one plan to explain that he has lost some of his money?
(a) He was robbed.
(b) He gave it to needy people.
(c) He has been shipwrecked.
(d) He lost it gambling.

5. Which character will portray a slave when the companions enter Croton?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Ascyltus.

6. How many animals attack Encolpius when the priestess leaves the room?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. Who pleads for Claudius to be put out of his misery?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Aros.

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

9. Who becomes enraged by Claudius' order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Mars.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Jupiter.

10. How long was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

11. What major key is the clue to the authorship of "The Apocolocyntosis"?
(a) Its vulgarity.
(b) Its political satire.
(c) Its criticism of Claudius.
(d) Its love of Nero.

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

13. What happens to Encolpius when he cannot sexually perform with the beautiful woman a second time?
(a) He runs back to his boy lover.
(b) He cries.
(c) He is kicked out of town.
(d) He is beaten.

14. According to Eumolpus, how is the only accurate way to record history?
(a) In song.
(b) In storytelling.
(c) By memory.
(d) Poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Claudius listening to when he expired?

2. Who especially likes the prospects the town has to offer to the companions?

3. Who is Circe's maid?

4. How many of the animals that attack Encolpius does he actually kill?

5. Who proposes that Claudius be made a god simply because of his blood relation to other gods?

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