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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 types of wives was worst in Juvenal's eyes?
(a) A well-read wife.
(b) A gossiping wife.
(c) A drunken wife.
(d) A musical wife.

3. Which of the following seafood types was considered to be the greatest delicacy?
(a) Urchin.
(b) Sardine.
(c) Lamprey.
(d) Starfish.

4. How was Domitian killed?
(a) He was assassinated.
(b) He was drowned.
(c) He died in battle.
(d) He accidentally poisoned himself.

5. Which of the following activities is NOT a type of immorality discussed in the opening chapter of the novel?
(a) Greed.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Adultury.
(d) Vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius consider to be the most dishonest?

2. Which of the following groups of people does Juvenal describe as being greedy?

3. Which of the following groups of soldiers did Juvenal call "pansies"?

4. What type of wine did Trebius drink at the dinner party?

5. During which of the following years did Emperor Domitian rule?

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