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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following groups of people does Juvenal describe as being greedy?
(a) Patrons.
(b) Clients.
(c) The poor.
(d) The religious.

3. To which of the following cities had Juvenal's friend, Umbricius recently moved?
(a) Cumae.
(b) Magna.
(c) Superbus.
(d) Sibyl.

4. Which of the following rites did Juvenal mock, claiming them to lack a relation to women?
(a) Athletic rites.
(b) Marriage rites.
(c) Fertility rites.
(d) Justice rites.

5. What does the narrator believe is wasted when producing bad play-writing?
(a) Paper.
(b) Hope.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juvenal think that a temple should be built to honor?

2. Who is known as the Goddess of Agriculture?

3. How were the poor within Roman society treated?

4. Which of the following groups of people did Juvenal prefer?

5. Which of the following adjectives did Umbricius use to describe himself?

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