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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 of the companions plans to act addled and ill as part of his disguise?
(a) Giton.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Encolpius.

2. Who is Circe's maid?
(a) Oenothea.
(b) She doesn't have one.
(c) Proselenus.
(d) Chrysis.

3. Which character will portray a slave when the companions enter Croton?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Euripides.

4. How many of the animals that attack Encolpius does he actually kill?
(a) 9.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Who will portray a wealthy man when the companions enter Croton?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Giton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pleads for Claudius to be put out of his misery?

2. Who takes Encolpius to a temple?

3. What is the main factor used in determining the author of "The Apocolocyntosis"?

4. Who calls Claudius out for lying about his identity to Hercules?

5. Why do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater to one of the companions?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Eumolpus and Encolpius each react during their stay at Croton?

2. What one factor makes the case stronger for claiming Seneca is the author of "The Apocolocyntosis"? Explain why.

3. Who brings a witch to meet Encolpius and why?

4. What are the minor objections to authorship based on for "The Apocolocyntosis"?

5. How or from where do Encolpius and his friends see Croton?

6. Who finally comes between Encolpius and Giton and why?

7. Why has Claudius been allowed to live this long?

8. Who filibusters against Claudius in heaven? What is said of man's relationship to gods in this long speech?

9. Who says poetry has a special relationship to history? What is that relationship?

10. What is the role of children in Croton?

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