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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. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?
(a) To cut off the boy's ear.
(b) To kill the boy in his sleep.
(c) To castrate the boy.
(d) To tell his father what's been going on.

2. What language does Trimalchio use when he sings the lines of the play?
(a) Latin.
(b) Classical Arabic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman.

3. Who is thrown overboard and sucked under by the current in Eumolpus?
(a) Eumolpus.
(b) Tryphaena.
(c) Giton.
(d) Lichas.

4. Considering similar works of the same time period, what link was the author's satire obviously missing?
(a) Man's failure was due to lack of morals.
(b) Man's failure was due to politicians.
(c) Man's failure was because of attempts to be moral.
(d) Man's failure was because of attempts to be immortal.

5. Who wrote the introduction to "The Satyricon"?
(a) The book's translator.
(b) Priapus.
(c) The book's author.
(d) The emperor in the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "problem" with the newly roasted pig presented at the dinner?

2. How does the argument between Encolpius and Ascyltus in the section called Puteoli end?

3. Which character will portray a slave when the companions enter Croton?

4. Who is Encolpius' teacher at the beginning of "The Satyricon"?

5. Why will Eumolpus tell the townspeople he wants to move to Croton?

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