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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?
(a) It is fragmented and has missing sections.
(b) No one has ever heard of Seneca.
(c) He cannot read the language.
(d) He is concerned that he does not have an original copy.

2. Why will Eumolpus tell the townspeople he wants to move to Croton?
(a) He likes a challenge.
(b) He has a business model in mind.
(c) To leave behind old memories.
(d) He wants to be rich, too.

3. Who ordered the exile of the author of "The Apocolocyntosis"?
(a) Nero.
(b) Claudius.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Caesar.

4. What does the priestess soak in a brew?
(a) Encolpius' right hand.
(b) Encolpius' genitals.
(c) A goose liver.
(d) A goose heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the wig of Encolpius?

2. Who is thrown overboard and sucked under by the current in Eumolpus?

3. What combines "a moralistic and humorous melange of prose and verse"?

4. Who thinks Petronius wrote "The Apocolocyntosis"?

5. Why will the townspeople think Encolpius has moved to Croton?

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