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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?

2. What is a eunuch?

3. Who tries to rape Giton?

4. What does Giton consider Ascyltus to be?

5. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly tell the werewolf story.

2. In response to Encolpius' complaints about education, Agamemnon recites a few lines of poetry. Who wrote that poem and summarize it.

3. Who does Encolpius want to stab in the spleen and why?

4. What is the accountant's role at the dinner?

5. What convinces foes to pardon Encolpius and Giton when they are caught as stowaways on a ship?

6. Into what genre does "The Satyricon" clearly fit? Why?

7. Why does Ascyltus call Encolpius a hypocrite? Explain the situation.

8. What job does Encolpius have in Pergamum and why does he accept it?

9. How does Trimalchio arrive at his dinner party and how is he dressed for the occasion?

10. What points to Titus Petronius as the author of "The Satyricon" other than writing style and language?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in each story. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Eumolpus' lie in the city of Croton. How does he cover it over a period of time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the primary gods/goddesses involved in Claudius' trial in "The Apocolocyntosis." Who were they, what did they represent and what position did they take on Claudius' request?

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