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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were waiters assigned to each of the guests at the dinner party?
(a) To converse.
(b) To display wealth.
(c) To prevent theft.
(d) To ensure great service.

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

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

4. Who is known as the Goddess of Agriculture?
(a) Nike.
(b) Ceres.
(c) Hebe.
(d) Diana.

5. Which of the following crimes was NOT committed by Calvinus?
(a) Hiring thugs.
(b) Lusting for a married woman.
(c) Stealing from the shrines.
(d) Setting fire to his hallway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT something that Juvenal believed that all men should know about themselves?

2. What did Juvenal claim to be the single force that ruled mankind?

3. How was the woman seduced by Crispinus punished for her immoral action?

4. How did Naevolus' lover react to the news that his wife was pregnant by another man?

5. Among which of the following animal breeds was Virgil accused of spreading disease?

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