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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?
(a) An acrobat.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Giton.
(d) The chef.

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

3. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?
(a) Official Historian.
(b) Knight of the Roundtable.
(c) Joker and Comedian.
(d) Arbiter of Elegance.

4. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?
(a) Ascyltus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Giton.
(d) Encolpius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did earlier readers describe the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?

2. Who says that love and art are on the decline because people care more about money?

3. What kind of bottle is carried for the dinner host's urinary needs?

4. What will happen to Trimalchio's slaves when he dies?

5. What does Encolpius promise to give the boy that he simply cannot deliver?

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