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

2. What will happen to Trimalchio's slaves when he dies?
(a) They will take turns standing at his tomb.
(b) They will be freed.
(c) They will be killed.
(d) They will be transferred to his wife.

3. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?
(a) Heaven, with God and Trimalchio.
(b) Trimalchio along with the gods Mercury and Minerva.
(c) Heaven, with Trimalchio as the only god.
(d) A market scene.

4. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?
(a) They get out and can't find a job.
(b) The learn more.
(c) They become superior adults.
(d) They become inferior adults.

5. Considering similar works of the same time period, what link was the author's satire obviously missing?
(a) Man's failure was due to lack of morals.
(b) Man's failure was due to politicians.
(c) Man's failure was because of attempts to be immortal.
(d) Man's failure was because of attempts to be moral.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?

3. Which emperor had high literary ambitions?

4. Who breaks down the door to an apartment?

5. Who sets out to sail on a trip in the chapter entitled Eumolpus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain the egg delicacy served after Trimalchio arrives.

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

5. Why does Ascyltus call Encolpius a hypocrite? Explain the situation.

6. What happens when Encolpius and Ascyltus go to the marketplace to sell a stolen cloak?

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

8. What job does Encolpius have in Pergamum and why does he accept it?

9. What was Petronius' title in the emperor's court and what significance was the title?

10. What is Menippean satire?

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