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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. How many animals attack Encolpius when the priestess leaves the room?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

2. What are the two classes of people in Croton?
(a) Very rich and just rich.
(b) Rich or trying to get rich.
(c) Poor and very poor.
(d) Very rich and very poor.

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

4. Who was Nero's tutor?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Seneca.

5. Who does Claudius indicate he is to Hercules in heaven?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Nero.
(c) A god.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" exiled?

2. What does the priestess soak in a brew?

3. Who greets Claudius in heaven?

4. Who thinks Petronius wrote "The Apocolocyntosis"?

5. On what day does Claudius begin to take his last breath?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does an old man describe Croton to Encolpius and his friends?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the role of children in Croton?

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

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