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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the God Osiris tell Lucius he must do?
(a) Preach the gospel.
(b) Become a lawyer.
(c) Become a doctor.
(d) Become a priest.

2. Where is Lucius told he will be sent after he and Charite are rescued?
(a) A stud farm.
(b) Charite's house.
(c) Back to the bandits' cave.
(d) Back to Milo's house.

3. Why do the priests beat Lucius in Chapter 12?
(a) He makes noise and exposes them.
(b) He kicks the head priest.
(c) He needs to be relieved of his sins.
(d) He drops the Goddess.

4. What college does Lucius belong to in Chapter 19?
(a) The College of Pastophori.
(b) The College of Lawyers.
(c) The College of Priests.
(d) The College of Pastoralia.

5. When Lucius is working in Chapter 11, to whom is he turned over?
(a) Tlepolemus.
(b) A mean young boy.
(c) Charite.
(d) Fotis.

6. Who stops the cook from hanging himself?
(a) His wife.
(b) Charite.
(c) His son.
(d) Lucius.

7. How many initiations in all must Lucius undergo in Chapter 19?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Six.

8. What does Lucius learn that a life of gratification does in Chapter 18?
(a) Hides your true self.
(b) Prevents you from seeing the truth.
(c) Robs one of true happiness.
(d) Makes you a bad person.

9. How does the Stepmother's plan go awry in Chapter 15?
(a) She is stopped before she can put the poison in the wine.
(b) The poison has no effect.
(c) Her real son drinks the poison.
(d) She spills the vial of poison.

10. When Lucius' master is riding him home, with whom does he get into a scuffle?
(a) A Roman centurion.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A general.
(d) A priest.

11. In Chapter 15, who speaks out at the trial and reveals the true culprit?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The husband.
(c) The Stepmother.
(d) The stepson.

12. How does Lucius feel about his new religion at the end of the novel?
(a) He misses being a donkey.
(b) He wholeheartedly believes.
(c) He is skeptical.
(d) He thinks it is the right way, but he wants to make sure.

13. What kinds of tricks is Lucius taught in Chapter 16?
(a) To get help if his master needs it.
(b) To speak.
(c) To do backflips.
(d) Sign language.

14. With whom does Lucius escape the bandits' cave?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Another donkey.
(c) Charite.
(d) Fotis.

15. Which of the following do the priests NOT do for money?
(a) Perform miracles.
(b) Self flagellate.
(c) Fortune tell.
(d) Shake and rant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Lucius abstain from eating meat?

2. Who takes Lucius away at the end of Chapter 14?

3. When Thrasyllus finds out what Charite did in front of her husband's tomb, what does he do?

4. In Chapter 10, why are the bandits unhappy with Lucius?

5. Why is Lucius hesitant to do what the priest tells him to do in Chapter 18?

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