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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Satire 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Trebius served for his main course at the dinner party?
(a) Beef liver.
(b) Chicken hearts.
(c) Fresh fruit.
(d) Toadstools.

2. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius claim to have walked the streets looking for a fight?
(a) Mobsters.
(b) Children.
(c) Drunks.
(d) The poor.

3. Which of the following men experienced a Divine blessing that nullified all of his immoral actions?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Lateranus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Nero.

4. Which of the following characteristics did Juvenal dislike most in women?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Violence.
(d) Dishonesty.

5. According to Juvenal, which type of envy would get a man overthrown quickly?
(a) Envy of power.
(b) Envy of wealth.
(c) Envy of love.
(d) Envy of heirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following emperors was the only one who respected the muses?

2. To which city did most Roman artists sell their work?

3. What was the name of the father of Alexander the Great?

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

5. What changed in Naevolus' appearance during the time that he and Juvenal were friends?

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