This is a Literature assignment. If you don't have the book please do not sent me a proposal because a don't have the book pdf. The name of the book is Petronius Satyricon by Sarah Ruden

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LIETERATURES

LEH352 – The Ancient Romance

Fall 2020

Instructor:

Name: ______________________________

The Satyricon

ID Quiz

1. Who wrote the Satyricon?

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1. At the beginning of the Satyricon two of the main protagonists are in conversation with a professor of rhetoric. What are their names?

____ Ajax and Diomedes ____ Eumaeus and Argos ____ Encolpius and Ascyltos

1. Which of these two is the narrator of the Satyricon?

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1. What profession do these two ply?

____ lawyer ____ scholar ____ mercenary

1. What is the name of the professor of rhetoric?

____ Agamemnon ____ Orestes ____ Menelaus

1. A third character is waiting for our two protagonists back at the inn. What is his name?

____ Gigli ____ Gigolo ____ Giton

1. Who pays our three protagonists a visit at the inn?

____ Quartilla and her entourage ____ Circe and her pigs ____ Calypso and her eunuchs

1. What “crime” had our heroes committed to deserve the pounding they were to receive?

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1. Who is hosting the big dinner party our heroes will be attending at the invitation of the professor of rhetoric?

____ Trimalchio ____ Triskaidekaphobia ____ Thucydides

1. Where do the Romans in general and our protagonists in particular go to get ready for a big dinner party?

____ temple of Venus ____ public baths ____ brothel

1. What is the civil status of the host of the big dinner party?

____ freedman ____ knight ____ senator

1. The host plays a number of pranks on his guests involving, in order of occurrence, a boar, a pig, and a pastry Priapus. Describe one of these pranks

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1. A guest, Niceros, tells a ghost story. What happens to his travelling companion?

____ He turns into a bat and flies off into the night

____ He turns into a werewolf and runs off into the woods

____ He turns into a scarab and burrows under Niceros’ skin

1. During the big banquet the host reads a document aloud. What is it?

____ a list of everything he owns

____ a letter of commendation from the emperor

____ his last will and testament

1. The fabulously wealthy host decides to stage a future event in his life. What is it?

____ his own funeral

____ his elevation to the consulship

____ his marriage to his favorite horse

1. How does the banquet end and our three protagonists escape?

____ Poseidon sends a giant wave crashing down on the estate.

____ A coven of witches appears and sends guests and staff fleeing in panic.

____ Firemen break down the door and create pandemonium with axes and water.

1. One of our three protagonists is abandoned by the other two, and he runs into a poetaster whose ironic speaking name means “skillful singer”. What is his name?

____ Eumolpus ____ Eugenia ____ Euphoria

1. What description best characterizes this new figure?

____ bombastic and unpopular bard

____ superb con man

____ cunning pederast

1. Our newly configured threesome boards a ship bound for Tarentum. What are the names of the owner and his lady friend?

____ Lassie and Timmy ____ Lichas and Tryphaena ____ Lickety and Split

1. How do the owner and his lady friend know that the two protagonists they’ve had dastardly dealings with in the past are now on board their ship.

____ They were told by the Oracle at Delphi.

____ They were told in dreams.

____ They were told by the seer Calchas.

1. To avoid detection, our two protagonists disguise themselves as:

____ shepherds ____ slaves ____ gladiators

1. How does the cruise end?

____ The ship is wrecked in a storm.

____ The ship is wafted ashore at Tarentum by the doves of Venus.

____ The ship is blown off course and lands on Hispaniola.

1. Back on land our threesome spies a “town set in a lofty citadel” What’s the name of this place?

____ Crotal ____ Chryse ____ Croton

1. What scheme does our poetaster hatch?

____ Pretend to be rich in order to win the hand of the daughter of the king.

____ Pretend to be rich in order to seduce the temple priestess.

____ Pretend to be rich in order to trick the town’s legacy-hunters into giving him their own

wealth.

1. Who are Proselenos and Oenothea?

____ princesses ____ witches ____ ladies of the evening

1. What do the beneficiaries of our poetaster’s last will and testament need to do to inherit their share of the estate?

____ Eat his body with all the townspeople watching.

____ Sacrifice a pig, a goat, and a first-born son to the God of Probate.

____ Write a 300 word essay on why they deserve to inherit.