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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Satire 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following genres does Juvenal write in?
(a) Plays.
(b) Poems.
(c) Essays.
(d) Novels.

2. Which of the following actions did Juvenal label as "pointless and destructive"?
(a) Inheritances.
(b) Petitions.
(c) Wars.
(d) Lawsuits.

3. Which of the following seafood types was considered to be the greatest delicacy?
(a) Starfish.
(b) Lamprey.
(c) Urchin.
(d) Sardine.

4. Why did many men who borrowed money from Rome flee the city?
(a) To avoid paying back their debts.
(b) To imply that they were wealthy to those outside of Rome.
(c) To spend the money that they borrowed in an entrepreneurial way.
(d) To hide the shame of borrowing.

5. What did Calvinus want to happen to the man who had stolen his money?
(a) He wanted him beaten.
(b) He wanted him banished.
(c) He wanted him jailed.
(d) He wanted him executed.

Short Answer Questions

1. During which of the following years did Emperor Domitian rule?

2. How much money did Calvinus lose in Satire XIII?

3. What type of material did men in Rome use to construct their tables before the city grew rich from war?

4. How was Domitian killed?

5. How would Juvenal rate his own writing skills?

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