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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. Who sets out to sail on a trip in the chapter entitled Eumolpus?
(a) Encolpius and Giton.
(b) Eumolpus, Encolpius and Giton.
(c) Eumolpus, Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.
(d) Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.

2. When does Eumolpus run into a naked man looking for a boy?
(a) When leaving the musuem.
(b) When leaving the bath.
(c) When arriving at the bath.
(d) When arriving at the museum.

3. A complaining student stresses that without adherence to the rules, what does the language face?
(a) Death.
(b) Silence.
(c) Confusion.
(d) No meaning.

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

5. What language does Trimalchio use when he sings the lines of the play?
(a) Greek.
(b) Roman.
(c) Classical Arabic.
(d) Latin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?

2. What disguise do Encolpius and Giton use to escape from Lichas and Tryphaena?

3. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?

4. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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