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

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

3. What does Encolpius promise to give the boy that he simply cannot deliver?
(a) A thoroughbred.
(b) A trip to the museum.
(c) Gold.
(d) A new book.

4. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?
(a) It is carried out by a gymnast who is walking on his hands (carrying platter on his feet).
(b) When it is empty, a chorus begins to sing.
(c) If they guess the ingredients in the delicacies, they may eat them.
(d) Trimalchio explains what people born under each sign can expect in their futures.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"

2. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum?

3. Which emperor's court does the author serve under?

4. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What joke involving a pig does Trimalchio play on his guests?

2. What is Menippean satire?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum and what relationship develops between the two people?

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

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

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

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