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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 pleads for Claudius to be put out of his misery?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Aros.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Zeus.

2. Who really wants to know if Encolpius sells himself or gives himself away sexually?
(a) Giton.
(b) A maid.
(c) A witch.
(d) Circe.

3. What does Claudius order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity to Hercules?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Exile.
(c) Decapitation.
(d) The stockade.

4. What role must Claudius serve as his final punishment?
(a) Cook for the gods.
(b) Court jester for the gods.
(c) Slave.
(d) Legal secretary.

5. In the farce they are creating to enter Croton, which companion will say he has just buried his son?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character will portray a slave when the companions enter Croton?

2. What is placed on top of a table by the priestess?

3. Who approaches Encolpius and tells him how attractive he is?

4. What are the two classes of people in Croton?

5. Who becomes enraged by Claudius' order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Claudius finally realize he is dead?

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

4. Why do some scholars think Petronius also wrote "The Apocolocyntosis"? How do others explain that concern?

5. Why is it so easy for Giton and Encolpius to portray slaves when they enter Croton?

6. Who really wants to go to Croton and why?

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

8. Who sent Seneca into exile and why?

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

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

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