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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Lucius' master afraid after the scuffle in Chapter 14?
(a) He feels guilty.
(b) He was not supposed to talk to priests.
(c) There is a penalty of death for his actions.
(d) He might go to jail.

2. What does Lucius' master's friend do for a living?
(a) He is a priest.
(b) He is a blacksmith.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is a shopkeeper.

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

4. What does Charite do in order to be alone with Thrasyllus?
(a) Pretends to reciprocate his feelings.
(b) Throws a party in his honor.
(c) Stays after the funeral.
(d) Challenges him to a duel.

5. What are the priests exposed for having during their feast?
(a) An image of the Goddess.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A naked young man.
(d) A bunch of money they stole.

6. What do the priests use Lucius to carry?
(a) Their food.
(b) The Goddess.
(c) A cross.
(d) Firewood.

7. Whom does Thaysus choose to be Lucius' partner in Chapter 17?
(a) A woman who is sentenced to death.
(b) A noblewoman.
(c) Fotis.
(d) Charite.

8. As Lucius eats the rose petals in Chapter 18, what happens?
(a) Nothing happens.
(b) He gets sick.
(c) He turns into a horse.
(d) He turns human.

9. Who is the visitor to the cave in Chapter 10?
(a) Charite's brother.
(b) Charite's father.
(c) Charite's cousin.
(d) Charite's husband.

10. What does the Stepmother plan to do out of anger?
(a) Poison Lucius.
(b) Poison her biological son.
(c) Poison her husband.
(d) Poison her stepson.

11. What is Lucius' life like in Chapter 14?
(a) Tolerable, but poor.
(b) Hard and cruel.
(c) Easy and fun.
(d) None of these.

12. Why is Lucius hesitant to do what the priest tells him to do in Chapter 18?
(a) It will hurt others.
(b) He doesn't love Fotis.
(c) It will hurt him.
(d) It will deny him of many pleasures in his life.

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

14. Why does the stepmother get angry in Chapter 15?
(a) Her stepson runs away.
(b) Her husband wants a divorce.
(c) Lucius gets in the way.
(d) Her feelings are not reciprocated.

15. In Chapter 16, who is Lucius given to?
(a) A pair of brothers.
(b) A gardener.
(c) Fotis.
(d) A farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Lucius escape the bandits' cave?

2. Who is the employer of Lucius' master?

3. What are Tlepolemus and Thrasyllus hunting when Tlepolemus dies?

4. What details about the poison are revealed at the trail in Chapter 15?

5. Who buys Lucius from the baker?

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