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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following groups of gods did Juvenal suggest should step in to stop the promiscuous atrocities affecting his society?
(a) The gods of music.
(b) The gods of food and wine.
(c) The gods of love.
(d) The gods of war.

3. Which of the following gifts did the fisherman in Satire IV take as an offering to the king?
(a) A giant fish.
(b) A lobster.
(c) A sea snake.
(d) An urchin.

4. Which of the following men did Juvenal consider a "dandy"?
(a) Crispinus.
(b) Montanus.
(c) Catullus.
(d) Fuscus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Juvenal claim propelled him to write and share his creation with the world?

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

4. Which of the following men upheld the "Family Encouragement Act"?

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

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