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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. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?
(a) Eumolphus.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Giton.

2. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?
(a) He is really wordy.
(b) He has many travels and many entertaining stories to tell.
(c) He is respected for his humor.
(d) He is talented and sophisticated.

4. What animal does the pork dessert resemble?
(a) A bird.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A duck.
(d) A goose.

5. What is a eunuch?
(a) A castrated man.
(b) A bottle maker.
(c) A court magician.
(d) A horse with a horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What threat does Giton make that urges Tryphaena to immediately pardon them?

2. How do the friends actually end their fight over Giton?

3. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

4. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?

5. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the egg delicacy served after Trimalchio arrives.

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

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

4. Into what genre does "The Satyricon" clearly fit? Why?

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

6. What character fault does Eumolpus have and how does Encolpius try to help him overcome it?

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

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

9. What points to Titus Petronius as the author of "The Satyricon" other than writing style and language?

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

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