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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Satire 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following women types did Crispinus seduce?
(a) A queen.
(b) A school teacher.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A priestess.

2. Which of the following groups of soldiers did Juvenal call "pansies"?
(a) Romans.
(b) Greeks.
(c) British.
(d) Spanish.

3. Which of the following characters spent his days dreaming of battle?
(a) Acihus.
(b) Fuscus.
(c) Catullus.
(d) Montanus.

4. How was the woman seduced by Crispinus punished for her immoral action?
(a) She was banished.
(b) She was buried alive.
(c) She was stoned.
(d) She was drowned.

5. In Satire IV, which of the following characters did NOT advise the king about his exceptionally large meal?
(a) Rubrus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Pegasus.
(d) Crispinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following rites did Juvenal mock, claiming them to lack a relation to women?

2. Which of the following men was married to a fellow male performer?

3. What type of goblet did Virro drink from at the dinner party?

4. According to Naevolus, the animal smoothed with which of the following was most dangerous?

5. What was the name of the manor where Virrio lived?

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