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

2. To whom do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater?
(a) Encolpius.
(b) Giton.
(c) Eumoplus.
(d) Ascyltus.

3. What is not held in high esteem in Croton?
(a) The gods.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Education.
(d) Royalty.

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

5. What does a complaining student say happens to children who start school too young?
(a) They become inferior adults.
(b) The learn more.
(c) They become superior adults.
(d) They get out and can't find a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Trimalchio have to live?

2. What is the subject of the poem recited at the end of The Road to Croton?

3. What does Trimalchio order for the chef who cooked the newly roasted pig?

4. How does the translator believe he approached the work?

5. Who really wants to know if Encolpius sells himself or gives himself away sexually?

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