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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 groups of soldiers did Juvenal call "pansies"?
(a) British.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Romans.
(d) Greeks.

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

3. What does the narrator claim is being recycled in bad play-writing?
(a) Egyptian hieroglyphics.
(b) Shakespearean plays.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) Biblical stories.

4. What did Umbricius claim to be the only thing that could get a man out of trouble in the court system?
(a) Innocence.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Faith.
(d) Muscular strength.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius consider to be the most dishonest?

2. What does Juvenal claim propelled him to write and share his creation with the world?

3. Which of the following colors is symbolic of honor to the Greek gods?

4. To which of the following cities had Juvenal's friend, Umbricius recently moved?

5. How would Juvenal rate his own writing skills?

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