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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Juvenal, which of the following will inherit the longings and vices of the world?
(a) Posterity.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Proletariats.
(d) Poverty.

2. Why were artists unable to revel in their artistry?
(a) Because the muses refused to visit them.
(b) Because art was not appreciated.
(c) Because they were too worried about money.
(d) Because they were blinded by their own egos.

3. What was the name of the manor where Virrio lived?
(a) Esquiline Hill.
(b) Discobulous Myron.
(c) Capitolium.
(d) Palatium Place.

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

5. Which of the following characters was served the best bread at the dinner party?
(a) Virrio.
(b) Saharan.
(c) Clodius.
(d) Trebius.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator claim is being recycled in bad play-writing?

3. Which of the following gifts did the fisherman in Satire IV take as an offering to the king?

4. To which of the following characters was Emperor Otho compared?

5. What did Juvenal claim women to crave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Juvenal feel about Eppia's new husband?

2. What reason did Umbrucius give for wanting to move away from Rome?

3. What complaint did Umbricius have about the Roman court system?

4. What complaint did Laronia cite in relation to adultery in her society?

5. What did Juvenal consider to be the strongest vice in society during his time?

6. How did the drunks in Rome take advantage of the poor?

7. Who was Gracchu, and what was Juvenal's complaint about him?

8. What were the effects of the loss of private patronage for artists?

9. What conflict did Juvenal see in the way that teachers were treated by the parents of their students?

10. Who was Montanus, and what great idea did he come up with?

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