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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters poisons for a living?
(a) Locusta.
(b) Aeneus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Flaminia.

2. Which of the following men was married to a fellow male performer?
(a) Macchu.
(b) Pacchu.
(c) Gracchu.
(d) Facchu.

3. Which of the following colors is symbolic of honor to the Greek gods?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) Brown.
(d) Silver.

4. Which of the following groups of people did Juvenal prefer?
(a) Eunichs.
(b) Adulturers.
(c) Homosexuals.
(d) Cross dressers.

5. Which of the following adjectives did Umbricius use to describe himself?
(a) Violent.
(b) Moral.
(c) Humble.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator claim is being recycled in bad play-writing?

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

3. According to Juvenal, which of the following will inherit the longings and vices of the world?

4. How were the poor within Roman society treated?

5. Which of the following characters was best characterized as a cheapskate?

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