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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Satire II, with which of the following relatives was the condemned man accused of having an inappropriate relationship?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His niece.

2. What was the name of the female friend with whom Juvenal discussed immorality?
(a) Varonia.
(b) Baronia.
(c) Laronia.
(d) Maronia.

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

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

5. Among which of the following animal breeds was Virgil accused of spreading disease?
(a) Horses.
(b) Rats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Umbricius claim to be the only thing that could get a man out of trouble in the court system?

2. Which of the following men was married to a fellow male performer?

3. How were the poor within Roman society treated?

4. Which of the following characters spent his days dreaming of battle?

5. Which of the following rites did Juvenal mock, claiming them to lack a relation to women?

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