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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. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Lucilius.
(d) Venus.

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

3. Where does Encolpius want to stab Eumolpus?
(a) In his heart.
(b) In his lungs to let out all the hot air.
(c) In his pancreas.
(d) In his spleen.

4. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Giton.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Circe.
(d) Agamemnon.

5. What kind of bottle is carried for the dinner host's urinary needs?
(a) A silver one.
(b) A gourd.
(c) An urn.
(d) A gold one.

Short Answer Questions

1. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?

2. Who tries to rape Giton?

3. How is the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig saved?

4. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What link does Petronius fail to make in "The Satyricon"?

2. Trimalchio is playing ball with young boys as his guests arrive. Encolpius reports seeing him urinate. How does Trimalchio urinate, then wash and dry his hands afterward?

3. Encolpius blames teachers for making young students grow up to become worthless people. Who else does he blame and why?

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

5. How does Trimalchio arrive at his dinner party and how is he dressed for the occasion?

6. What is Ascyltus' response when Encolpius confronts him about the attempted rape of Giton?

7. In response to Encolpius' complaints about education, Agamemnon recites a few lines of poetry. Who wrote that poem and summarize it.

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

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

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

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