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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wants to be Giton's teacher and guardian in exchange for a sexual relationship?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Eumolpus.

4. Who does Encolpius meet at a museum?
(a) Trimalchio.
(b) Ascyltus.
(c) Eumolpus.
(d) Giton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had already sneaked out of class before the rant about rhetoric?

2. Niceros tells a story about what creature?

3. How do Ascyltus and Encolpius acquire the item they try to sell?

4. Who said that teachers would be the only ones in school if they are unable to engage the students?

5. Who bruises Trimalchio's arm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinces foes to pardon Encolpius and Giton when they are caught as stowaways on a ship?

2. What joke involving a pig does Trimalchio play on his guests?

3. How does Trimalchio arrive at his dinner party and how is he dressed for the occasion?

4. Who does Encolpius want to stab in the spleen and why?

5. Trimalchio is playing ball with young boys as his guests arrive. Encolpius reports seeing him urinate. How does Trimalchio urinate, then wash and dry his hands afterward?

6. What is the relationship between Giton and Encolpius?

7. In response to Encolpius' complaints about education, Agamemnon recites a few lines of poetry. Who wrote that poem and summarize it.

8. What job does Encolpius have in Pergamum and why does he accept it?

9. What character fault does Eumolpus have and how does Encolpius try to help him overcome it?

10. Why do Trimalchio and his wife, Fortunata, fight at the dinner?

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