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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Satire 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characters spent his days dreaming of battle?
(a) Catullus.
(b) Acihus.
(c) Montanus.
(d) Fuscus.

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

3. What did Juvenal claim women to crave?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Money.
(c) Steel.
(d) Love.

4. Which of the following did Juvenal claim to be the only thing that dictated fortune?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Fate.
(c) Family.
(d) Fortune.

5. Which of the following adjectives did Nieobe use to describe herself?
(a) Chaste.
(b) Noble.
(c) Flexible.
(d) Humble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Lords invite clients over for dinner?

2. What reason did Umbricius give for his departure from Rome?

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

4. Which of the following activities is NOT a type of immorality discussed in the opening chapter of the novel?

5. How would Juvenal rate his own writing skills?

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