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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Story of Thelyphron and Chapter 4: The Festival of Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lucius' reaction at the end of his trial?
(a) He is silent.
(b) He is laughing and happy.
(c) He is crying and angry.
(d) He is screaming and furious.

2. When Aristomenes is suspected of murdering Socrates by the innkeeper, what does he do?
(a) Begins to cry.
(b) Confesses to the murder.
(c) Runs away into the dark.
(d) Tries to hang himself.

3. As the charges are heard against Lucius, what does the audience do?
(a) Throw rotten vegetables.
(b) Cry.
(c) Yell.
(d) Laugh.

4. What relationship does Lucius have to Byrrhena?
(a) She is his godmother.
(b) She is his sister.
(c) She nursed him as a child.
(d) She is his real mother.

5. In Thelyphron's story, why didn't the witches tamper with the dead man's body?
(a) The body was possessed.
(b) They tampered with Thelyphron instead.
(c) They were scared away.
(d) They were afraid of the Egyptian who talks to the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucius supposed to do with the item Photis gives him as she confesses to him?

2. What does Photis confess to Lucius after the trial?

3. The night after Lucius kisses Photis in the kitchen, what does Photis wear on her head while they make love?

4. Complete the following sentence from the prologue: "Give me your ear, reader: ______."

5. Which of these features is Thelyphron missing?

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