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WorksheetsSatire 6
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Women used to be tough, according to Juvenal, but the first goddesses to leave earth were ___.
Diana and Minerva
Justice and Chastity
Loyalty and Victory
Venus and Juno
Postumus wants to get married in order to ___.
find the happiness that only comes from sharing ones life with someone
divorce his wife of five years
move to Rome
produce an heir
Postumus' reason for marrying is hypocritical because ___.
he doesn't really love his fiancee
he doesn't even have a fiancee
he has committed adultery himself many times
he has not yet divorced his first wife
Postumus' reason for marrying is unrealistic because ___.
he can never be certain that the child is his
he is known to be impotent
his wife is not able to bear children
he already has two sons
Juvenal says that women attend the games primarily to ___.
enjoy the sport
start affairs with gladiators
make their husbands happy
be seen at a high-brow affair
The amazing thing about the spoiled Eppia is that ___.
she abandoned her husband
she forsook her tearful children
she endured the hardships of the voyage to Egypt
she gave up the games
Sergius was so attractive to Eppia because he ___.
was a gladiator
had a handsome face
was in athletic shape
had a sexy foreign accent
The problem with Empress Messalina's doings is that ___.
they remained relatively unknown to the public
they were immoral
they were unappetizing
they set an example for common women to follow
Censennia's husband loves her because ___.
she has a pretty face
she is intelligent
she is rich
she is true to him alone
Sertorius loves Bibula because ___.
she has a pretty face
she is intelligent
she is rich
she is true to him alone
Cornelia would not make a good wife because ___.
she's infertile
she's unfaithful
she's unattractive
she's too perfect
Niobe's major flaw was ___.
having no children
excessive pride in her children
having children out of wedlock
poisoning her husband
A feature of Roman women that seems "trivial" to some but really gets Juvenal's goat is their ___.
love of Gallic fashion and lingo
desire to walk like an Egyptian
love of Greek fashion and lingo
loyalty to their families
Juvenal thinks that the only good reason to marry is ___.
love
money
good looks
political expediency
When people marry ___.
their friend groups blend
they lose their friends
his friends are in, hers are out
her friends are in, his are out
The role of a bride's mother is to advise her in matters of ___.
fidelity and childrearing
adultery and wasting money
etiquette and hospitality
hygiene and fashion
Juvenal hates that women "these days" engage in ___.
track
wrestling
fencing
All options are true.
Juvenal laments that, in a court of law, a woman is likely to be ___.
defendant
plaintiff
advice to counsel
All options are true.
Juvenal asserts that, in a bed that contains a wife, the chief activities are ___.
bickering and accusation
sweet talk and love making
sleeping and dreaming
discussion and laughing
According to Juvenal, the root cause of everything that's wrong with Roman women is ___.
religion
husbands
poverty
luxury
Tullia and Maura show what they think of the goddess Chastity by ___.
attending her festival in early April
making regular sacrifices to her
setting up shrines to her in their homes
urinating on her statue
Juvenal insists that locking ones wife up is not a solution because ___.
you can't trust the guards themselves
it's just not right
women notoriously have secret passageways
your mother-in-law will sue you
Ogulnia is ___.
a sex-fiend
a drug-addict
a sports fan
a lover of Greek literature
Juvenal decries the fact that "modern" women ___.
attend health spas
love to gossip
become music connoisseurs
have strong opinions on books
All options are true.
Juvenal thinks that aristocratic wives have religious preference for ___.
the goddess Diana
orgiastic Eastern cults
the Celtic Burning Man rite
the Eleusinian Mysteries
All the "psychic friends" Juvenal describes come from which part of the Empire?
north
south
east
west
Who has more babies?
rich women
poor women
Why do the poor have more children?
Because they want them.
Because they need them.
Because they can't afford abortions.
Because it's economically wiser to have many children.
Caesonia, as Juvenal has it, set a popular precedent by ___.
poisoning her husband
having only two children
being faithful to her husband
refusing to give her husband a divorce.
Juvenal's last word of advice to prospective husbands is to ___.
marry a Roman girl
marry a Greek girl
marry a man
take a little poison daily to build up an immunity
