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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the price of the red mullet that Crispinus purchased?
(a) 60 gold pieces.
(b) 40 silver coins.
(c) 20 copper coins.
(d) 10 francs.

2. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius claim to have walked the streets looking for a fight?
(a) Mobsters.
(b) The poor.
(c) Children.
(d) Drunks.

3. In the text, which of the following substances makes up the statue of Apollo?
(a) Marble.
(b) Granite.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Gold.

4. How were the poor within Roman society treated?
(a) They are pitied.
(b) They are ignored.
(c) They are mocked.
(d) They are heralded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters poisons for a living?

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

3. How was Domitian killed?

4. To which of the following characters was Emperor Otho compared?

5. How did Juvenal feel about Umbricius' move from Rome?

(see the answer key)

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