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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. According to Eumolpus, how is the only accurate way to record history?
(a) By memory.
(b) Poetry.
(c) In song.
(d) In storytelling.

2. Who throws rocks at Eumolpus at the end of the chapter called The Road to Croton?
(a) Giton.
(b) No one.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) Encolpius.

3. What is the name of the town that Encolpius and his companions see while walking?
(a) Rome.
(b) Croton.
(c) Pergamum.
(d) Vesuvius.

4. Who ordered the exile of the author of "The Apocolocyntosis"?
(a) Augustus.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Nero.

5. How old is Claudius on the day in which he begins his last breath?
(a) 64.
(b) 99.
(c) 79.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Giton remove for his role in Croton?

2. Who greets Claudius in heaven?

3. What role must Claudius serve as his final punishment?

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

5. Why will the townspeople think Encolpius has moved to Croton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Encolpius meets the beautiful woman for sex a second time?

2. What is the subject of a lengthy poem recited at the end of "Eumolpus"? What might the poem reflect?

3. What was the big lie Eumolpus has to cover (and how does he cover it) while having sex with a girl he tutors?

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

5. What angers Claudius in heaven and what big mistake does he make in regards to his anger?

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

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

8. When a maid in Croton approaches Encolpius, what does she want?

9. According to Encolpius, what is strange about the maid's request in Croton?

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

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