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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 words did Juvenal use to describe the negative effect that inheritances had on an individual?
(a) Squeeze.
(b) Choke.
(c) Strangle.
(d) Throttle.

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

3. How would Juvenal rate his own writing skills?
(a) Mediocre.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Good.
(d) Poor.

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

5. Which of the following activities is NOT a type of immorality discussed in the opening chapter of the novel?
(a) Greed.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Adultury.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following seafood types was considered to be the greatest delicacy?

2. What was the price of the red mullet that Crispinus purchased?

3. How was the Spartan who is convicted of embezzlement punished?

4. Which of the following gods was described as a "beardless strapling"?

5. Who did Catullus claim to have smiled on the ship on the day of its sinking?

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