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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which goddess did women pray in the hope of giving birth to attractive children?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Venus.

3. What was Trebius served for his main course at the dinner party?
(a) Beef liver.
(b) Toadstools.
(c) Fresh fruit.
(d) Chicken hearts.

4. Which of the following did Juvenal claim to be the true test of nobility?
(a) Respect.
(b) Pedigree.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Wealth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did people in Rome mock gourmands?

3. What did Juvenal claim to be a smarter action than marriage?

4. What was the name of the female friend with whom Juvenal discussed immorality?

5. How were the poor within Roman society treated?

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