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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the maid only have relations with?
(a) Poets.
(b) Kings.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Knights.

2. Who proposes that Claudius be made a god simply because of his blood relation to other gods?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Diespiter.
(d) Janus.

3. What is placed on top of a table by the priestess?
(a) Food for a feast.
(b) A pig.
(c) Herbs for mixing a remedy.
(d) Hot coals.

4. Who is Circe's maid?
(a) Proselenus.
(b) Chrysis.
(c) Oenothea.
(d) She doesn't have one.

5. Why can't Claudius be a Stoic god?
(a) He isn't from Sto.
(b) He can't speak Stoic.
(c) He was born in the wrong month.
(d) He's got neither the head nor heart.

6. Who transports Claudius to hell?
(a) Janus.
(b) Mars.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Mercury.

7. Who killed Hercules' great granddaughters and great-great grandson?
(a) Nero.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Claudius.

8. What must Giton remove for his role in Croton?
(a) His money.
(b) His accent.
(c) His toga.
(d) His wig.

9. Who was the emperor when "The Apocolocyntosis" was written?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Nero.
(c) Claudius.
(d) Augustus.

10. On what day does Claudius begin to take his last breath?
(a) October 13.
(b) January 1.
(c) The Ides of March.
(d) October 31.

11. Why do the people of Croton immediately begin to cater to one of the companions?
(a) They appreciate his talent and poetry.
(b) They think he's famous.
(c) They think he's beautiful.
(d) They think he's rich.

12. How much "The Apocolocyntosis" is missing from this translation?
(a) Very much.
(b) Not much.
(c) More than The Satyricon.
(d) As much as The Satyricon.

13. What does Claudius order for the one who called him out for lying about his identity to Hercules?
(a) Exile.
(b) The stockade.
(c) Decapitation.
(d) Hanging.

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

15. What role must Claudius serve as his final punishment?
(a) Court jester for the gods.
(b) Legal secretary.
(c) Cook for the gods.
(d) Slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the animals that attack Encolpius does he actually kill?

2. Who takes Encolpius to a temple?

3. On which emperor's court did the author of "The Apocolocyntosis" serve?

4. In the section entitled The Road to Croton, where are Encolpius and his companions walking when they see a town in a distance?

5. How does the man disguised as the wealthy one plan to explain that he has lost some of his money?

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