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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pleads for Claudius to be put out of his misery?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Aros.
(d) Achilles.

2. What details in "The Satyricon" will probably not surprise a modern audience?
(a) Sexual details.
(b) Crooked politicians.
(c) Crime.
(d) Bar hopping.

3. What color is the wig of Encolpius?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

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

5. What role does Giton play when Ascyltus and Encolpius attend the special dinner?
(a) Their son.
(b) Their lover.
(c) Their chauffeur.
(d) Their butler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ascyltus accuse Encolpius of doing when Encolpius confronts him about something else?

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

3. Who died a year before the "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?

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

5. What do the priestess and witch yell as Encolpius runs away?

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