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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) Greeks.
(b) Romans.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.

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

3. According to Juvenal, which of the following will inherit the longings and vices of the world?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Posterity.
(d) Proletariats.

4. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius consider to be the most dishonest?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Bankers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following bird types did Juvenal claim to give birth by mouth?

2. Which of the following characters poisons for a living?

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

4. Who is the narrator of this novel?

5. What reason did Umbricius give for his departure from Rome?

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