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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following adjectives did Juvenal use to describe Blandus?
(a) Noble.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Worthless.
(d) Sacred.

2. Who was Naevolus' lover?
(a) Umbricius.
(b) Virro.
(c) Trebius.
(d) Gazette.

3. In which city was the sinking ship harbor?
(a) Coil.
(b) Lido.
(c) Antica.
(d) Ostia.

4. Which of the following illnesses threatened to destroy Pompey?
(a) Fever.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Rabies.

5. When Juvenal heard that Catullus was returning home, he said that that day was happier than which other day?
(a) New Year's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Easter.

6. Which of the following did Catullus throw overboard to prevent the ship from sinking?
(a) Cannonballs.
(b) Fuel.
(c) The anchor.
(d) His belongings.

7. What type of material did men in Rome use to construct their tables before the city grew rich from war?
(a) Pounded metal.
(b) Large stones.
(c) Baked mud.
(d) Fallen trees.

8. Who called on Blandus to earn the respect of the town through his actions?
(a) Phalaus.
(b) Cossutianus Capito.
(c) Valerius.
(d) Juvenal.

9. Schoolboys in Juvenal's village prayed for the eloquence of which of the following?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) Demosthenes.
(d) Messalina.

10. Which of the following crimes did Persicus accuse Juvenal of committing?
(a) Lust.
(b) Murder.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Vanity.

11. How many children did Naevolus father with his lover's wife?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

12. What did Juvenal claim to be the only fear that Roman men had?
(a) Death.
(b) The wrath of the gods.
(c) Sexual immorality.
(d) Poverty.

13. What type of plates did soldiers eat off of at Juvenal's dinner party?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Earthenware.
(d) Stone.

14. Which of the following words did Juvenal use to describe the negative effect that inheritances had on an individual?
(a) Choke.
(b) Throttle.
(c) Strangle.
(d) Squeeze.

15. Who stole money from Calvinus?
(a) His father.
(b) His friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which of the following did the father in Satire XIV spend all of his money?

2. Which religion did Juvenal claim to be "a vice disguised as virtue"?

3. Which of the following did Juvenal claim to be the true test of nobility?

4. What bad habit did Juvenal claim that daughters specifically learned from their mothers?

5. During Juvenal's age of mankind, what did he claim to not have a mental base in men?

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