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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was everyone drinking at the location where the old woman took the students?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Aphrodisiacs.
(c) Sea water.
(d) Tea.

2. What will happen to Trimalchio's slaves when he dies?
(a) They will be killed.
(b) They will be transferred to his wife.
(c) They will take turns standing at his tomb.
(d) They will be freed.

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

4. How does the decorated platter play into the entertainment for the evening?
(a) When it is empty, a chorus begins to sing.
(b) If they guess the ingredients in the delicacies, they may eat them.
(c) Trimalchio explains what people born under each sign can expect in their futures.
(d) It is carried out by a gymnast who is walking on his hands (carrying platter on his feet).

5. Who is the "terribly elegant" gentleman?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) Trimalchio.
(d) Ascytlus.

6. Who translated "The Satyricon"?
(a) Seneca.
(b) J.P. Sullivan.
(c) Encolpius.
(d) Titus Petronius.

7. Why does the translator say the book skips around and has gaps in the story?
(a) Because he couldn't translate everything.
(b) Because he is eccentric.
(c) Because he does not want to be blamed for missing content.
(d) So readers will not be confused by the fragmentation.

8. What method of translation does the translator use in retelling "The Satyricon"?
(a) By studying directly with the author of the book.
(b) By using a Latin to English standard dictionary.
(c) By using the help of noted scholars.
(d) By studying an amalgamation of several other much earlier translations.

9. How does the translator suspect the modern reader will view the sexual nature of "The Satyricon"?
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Unoffensive.
(c) Risque.
(d) Offensive.

10. How does the translator believe he approached the work?
(a) He is a professional and filled in all the gaps.
(b) He totally rewrote the story based on historical clues.
(c) He did the best he could.
(d) Carefully with respect to the original.

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

12. When the friends part in Puteoli, who does Giton go with?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Alone.
(c) Ascyltus.
(d) Encolpius.

13. What is inside the egg that is served at the dinner party?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Fig peckers.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Gold coins.

14. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Agamemnon.

15. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?
(a) The chef.
(b) Encolpius.
(c) An acrobat.
(d) Giton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the friends actually end their fight over Giton?

2. What title did the author hold in the emperor's court?

3. Where does the old woman take the two students she encounters?

4. What spills out of the pig when the chef is ordered to cut it?

5. What problem does the translator note in his translation of "The Satyricon"?

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