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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Puteoli.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who complains about the professors and all their empty rhetoric?
(a) Giton.
(b) Circe.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?
(a) It was given to them by Trimalchio.
(b) They found it.
(c) By stealing it.
(d) With magic.

3. Who is caught holding and kissing Giton?
(a) A prostitute from the brothel.
(b) The old woman.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Encolpius.

4. In response to the complaint about professors, the teacher recites lines written by whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Venus.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Lucilius.

5. What does the translator say he does not do?
(a) Fill in obviously missing gaps.
(b) Like borrowing copies.
(c) Study more about Senca himself.
(d) Read Greek well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements has "The Satyricon" been called, now deemed to be worthy literature?

2. Which student loses interest in the poetry recited by the teacher and leaves class to find a friend?

3. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?

4. What does the author's title at the emperor's court say about himself?

5. Why, according to the translator, is "The Satyricon" difficult to classify?

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