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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 were people without fortunes in Croton doing?
(a) Begging.
(b) Hunting fortunes.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Working as slaves.

2. What does Encolpius vow to give up for the beautiful woman he meets?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Lying.
(c) Giton.
(d) Drinking.

3. Why will Eumolpus tell the townspeople he wants to move to Croton?
(a) He likes a challenge.
(b) He wants to be rich, too.
(c) To leave behind old memories.
(d) He has a business model in mind.

4. What is the subject of the poem recited at the end of The Road to Croton?
(a) An epic tale of the companions.
(b) An ocean and shipwreck adventure.
(c) Greek history.
(d) Roman history.

5. To where was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?
(a) Rome.
(b) Athens.
(c) Corsica.
(d) Croton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which country was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" born?

2. Who thinks Petronius wrote "The Apocolocyntosis"?

3. What does Claudius order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity to Hercules?

4. At what stage of the emperor's reign was "The Apocolocyntosis" written?

5. To whom do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem between Encolpius and the beautiful woman who wants him?

2. Describe Claudius' appearance when he arrives in heaven.

3. What story will Encolpius and his friends tell the people of Croton to explain their arrival there?

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

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

6. When does Claudius finally realize he is dead?

7. What is the role of children in Croton?

8. What is Hercules' particular interest in not naming Claudius as a god?

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

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

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