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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must Encolpius remove for his role in Croton?
(a) His wig.
(b) His money.
(c) His toga.
(d) His accent.

2. Who especially likes the prospects the town has to offer to the companions?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Ascyltus.

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

4. What does Encolpius vow to give up for the beautiful woman he meets?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Lying.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Giton.

5. Who brings a witch to the woods to meet Encolpius?
(a) Circe.
(b) Oenothea.
(c) Proselenus.
(d) Chrysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the priestess fall?

2. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?

3. Who made advances toward Ascyltus when he is with the old woman?

4. What were people without fortunes in Croton doing?

5. Who wrote "The Satyricon?"

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