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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following seafood types was considered to be the greatest delicacy?
(a) Starfish.
(b) Urchin.
(c) Lamprey.
(d) Sardine.

2. What does the narrator claim is being recycled in bad play-writing?
(a) Greek mythology.
(b) Egyptian hieroglyphics.
(c) Shakespearean plays.
(d) Biblical stories.

3. Why did Lords invite clients over for dinner?
(a) To showcase friendships.
(b) To pitch sales.
(c) To entertain.
(d) To square debts.

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

5. Which of the following groups of people did Juvenal prefer?
(a) Homosexuals.
(b) Cross dressers.
(c) Adulturers.
(d) Eunichs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Juvenal claim women to crave?

2. Which of the following adjectives did Umbricius use to describe himself?

3. What does the narrator believe is wasted when producing bad play-writing?

4. How did Juvenal feel about Umbricius' move from Rome?

5. Which of the following countries claimed that Rome had "monstrous morals"?

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