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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Satire V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following rites did Juvenal mock, claiming them to lack a relation to women?
(a) Athletic rites.
(b) Marriage rites.
(c) Fertility rites.
(d) Justice rites.

2. Who was the dinner party host in Satire V?
(a) Clodius.
(b) Trebius.
(c) Virro.
(d) Saharan.

3. What does the narrator believe is wasted when producing bad play-writing?
(a) Hope.
(b) Art.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Paper.

4. Which of the following groups of soldiers did Juvenal call "pansies"?
(a) British.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Romans.

5. Which of the following was Helvidus Priscus known to be?
(a) A war general.
(b) A gifted musician.
(c) A dangerous criminal.
(d) A martyr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of this novel?

2. What name did Juvenal give Crispinus after hearing about his infamous seduction?

3. What type of wine did Trebius drink at the dinner party?

4. Which of the following groups of people did Umbricius claim to have walked the streets looking for a fight?

5. What was the name of the manor where Virrio lived?

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