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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Juvenal think that a temple should be built to honor?
(a) Art.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Money.

3. During which of the following years did Emperor Domitian rule?
(a) 43 AD.
(b) 89 AD.
(c) 12 BC.
(d) 32 BC.

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

5. What does Juvenal claim propelled him to write and share his creation with the world?
(a) Religion.
(b) Indignation.
(c) Community.
(d) Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is known as the Goddess of Agriculture?

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

3. Which of the following activities is NOT a type of immorality discussed in the opening chapter of the novel?

4. In Satire II, with which of the following relatives was the condemned man accused of having an inappropriate relationship?

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

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