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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the argument between Encolpius and Ascyltus in the section called Puteoli end?
(a) Ascyltus is carried to a doctor.
(b) Encolpius is carried to a doctor.
(c) They collapse in laughter.
(d) With both of them being stabbed.

3. What disguise do Encolpius and Giton use to escape from Lichas and Tryphaena?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Eunuchs.
(c) Wealthy men.
(d) Magicians.

4. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?
(a) Of having a crush on Giton.
(b) Of praising Agamemnon to get a free meal.
(c) Of raping Giton.
(d) Of stealing money and clothing from him.

5. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?
(a) The old woman.
(b) A man.
(c) A beautiful woman.
(d) A goddess in a cloak.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?

2. How does Ascyltus first suggest the friends end their fight over Giton?

3. What does Encolpius do at night when the boy he tutors falls asleep?

4. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?

5. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Encolpius and Ascyltus' fight over Giton after their dinner at Trimalchio's.

2. What is funny about the brothel to which Encolpius is led?

3. What announcement does Trimalchio make at his dinner and what does the event seem to become?

4. What is the accountant's role at the dinner?

5. What convinces foes to pardon Encolpius and Giton when they are caught as stowaways on a ship?

6. Who does Encolpius want to stab in the spleen and why?

7. How does Petronius treat sordid events in his story? How would other writers from the era have treated them?

8. Is Petronius a typical satirist for his era? Why or why not?

9. Who is Psyche and what is her role in the section of the story called "Puteoli"?

10. Why, according to Eumolpus, is love and art on the decline?

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