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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the woman seduced by Crispinus punished for her immoral action?
(a) She was banished.
(b) She was stoned.
(c) She was drowned.
(d) She was buried alive.

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

3. Which of the following genres does Juvenal write in?
(a) Plays.
(b) Essays.
(c) Poems.
(d) Novels.

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

5. In Satire IV, which of the following characters did NOT advise the king about his exceptionally large meal?
(a) Rubrus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Crispinus.
(d) Pegasus.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How was Domitian killed?

4. What was the price of the red mullet that Crispinus purchased?

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

(see the answer key)

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