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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. Juvenal opined that just as adults cleaned their homes, they should also clean which of the following?
(a) The lives of their children.
(b) The streets of Rome.
(c) The church windows.
(d) Their own souls.

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

3. According to Naevolus, the animal smoothed with which of the following was most dangerous?
(a) Fire.
(b) Stone.
(c) Pumice.
(d) Knives.

4. How was the Spartan who is convicted of embezzlement punished?
(a) He was banished.
(b) He was killed.
(c) He was sent to the stocks.
(d) He was forced into slavery.

5. Which of the following was NOT something that Juvenal believed that all men should know about themselves?
(a) The limits of their talent.
(b) Their love for a spouse.
(c) Their financial standings.
(d) Their religious salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following prayers did Juvenal consider to be pointless?

2. Where was the wine that Juvenal served at his dinner party produced?

3. In which building did Juvenal suggest that Calvinus spend a few days in order to get some perspective on his life?

4. Why did people in Rome mock gourmands?

5. According to Juvenal, how did the gods react when men cried out for money?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Juvenal's celebration called into question by the legacy hunters?

2. What comparison did Juvenal make of the morality of his day to the morality of ancient days?

3. What type of relationship did Naevolus have with Virro?

4. How did Juvenal determine which men were good rulers?

5. Who were Demosthenes and Circero?

6. What bad behavior did daughters learn specifically from their mothers?

7. What happened to the majority of the wealth that was in Rome during Nero's reign?

8. Why was Juvenal so proud of Catullus' actions?

9. What example did the father who built buildings in Satire XIV set for his son?

10. What happened to Calvinus' fortune, and what was his reaction?

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