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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 long does Trimalchio have to live?
(a) Thirty years, four months and two days.
(b) Six months at best.
(c) Ten years, 2 months and four days.
(d) About one week if the astrology is right.

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

3. What cuts Eumolpus' forehead?
(a) A razor.
(b) Glass.
(c) A jug.
(d) A sword.

4. What does the translator say he does not do?
(a) Study more about Senca himself.
(b) Like borrowing copies.
(c) Fill in obviously missing gaps.
(d) Read Greek well.

5. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Ascyltus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color coat does Trimalchio wear to the dinner party?

2. Who is the narrator of "The Satyricon"?

3. Why do people throw stones at Eumolpus?

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

5. What language do the actors use in their presentation at the dinner party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What about "The Satyricon" resulted in it being viewed as inferior literature in the past?

4. Why do Trimalchio and his wife, Fortunata, fight at the dinner?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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