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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: The Apocolocyntosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Nero's tutor?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Sophocles.

2. Who sets out to sail on a trip in the chapter entitled Eumolpus?
(a) Eumolpus, Encolpius and Giton.
(b) Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.
(c) Encolpius and Giton.
(d) Eumolpus, Ascyltus, Encolpius and Giton.

3. Which Roman satire does the translator link to "The Satyricon"?
(a) "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
(b) "Julius Caesar."
(c) "Athena."
(d) "Amores."

4. Who trusts her son and daughter to Eumolpus?
(a) Circe.
(b) Chrysis.
(c) Corax.
(d) Philomela.

5. What is the mural of on the dining wall at the special party?
(a) A market scene.
(b) Heaven, with God and Trimalchio.
(c) Trimalchio along with the gods Mercury and Minerva.
(d) Heaven, with Trimalchio as the only god.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?

2. What reward is offered for the safe return of Giton?

3. What does Encolpius ironically threaten against the sex-craved boy?

4. Who vows to make Encolpius "stiff as a horn?"

5. What is not held in high esteem in Croton?

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