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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Road to Croton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Encolpius find weeping as he leaves the place the old woman took him?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Giton.
(d) Ascyltus.

2. Who tries to commit suicide by hanging?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Giton.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Encolpius.

3. What is a eunuch?
(a) A horse with a horn.
(b) A bottle maker.
(c) A court magician.
(d) A castrated man.

4. Why will Eumolpus tell the townspeople he wants to move to Croton?
(a) He has a business model in mind.
(b) He likes a challenge.
(c) To leave behind old memories.
(d) He wants to be rich, too.

5. What were people without fortunes in Croton doing?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Hunting fortunes.
(c) Begging.
(d) Working as slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's task in his official title of the emperor's court?

2. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

3. What is the poem about that the teacher recites in Puteoli?

4. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?

5. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?

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