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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pamphile rub over herself when she performs her spell?
(a) Water.
(b) Oil.
(c) Blood.
(d) Ointment.

2. What does Psyche discover when she carries a lamp into her and her husband's room one night?
(a) Her husband is the devil.
(b) Her husband is Cupid.
(c) Her husband is not real.
(d) Her husband is a monster.

3. To whom does Psyche turn herself over in desperation after losing her husband?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Apollo.

4. In Chapter 5, when Lucius goes to watch Pamphile perform magic, he watches through _________.
(a) Binoculars.
(b) A window.
(c) A keyhole.
(d) A hole in the wall.

5. Complete this sentence from Chapter 3. "This increased, nay doubled my misery: I was not even to be allowed _______."
(a) To laugh at my own misfortune.
(b) To live in jail.
(c) To say goodbye to Photis.
(d) To die in one piece.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Almicus valuable to the bandits?

2. Where does Psyche wake up after she weeps on the mountain top?

3. What stops Lucius from eating a poisonous plant in Chapter 5?

4. How does Thrasyleon die?

5. What does Lucius expect he will see in Thessaly?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Lucius decide about Pamphile? Whom does he decide to focus his attention on?

2. How many sisters does Psyche have? For what are they all known?

3. In Aristomenes' story, where was he traveling? What was his trade?

4. During dinner at Milo's house in Chapter 2, what do Lucius, Milo, and Pamphile talk about? Why does Lucius excuse himself early?

5. Who does Psyche's husband appeal to in order to be reunited with Psyche? What is the name of Psyche's child?

6. In Chapter 2, who does Lucius meet in the market when he goes to buy fish? What does this person do with his fish?

7. In Telyphron's story, who takes Telyphrons nose and ears? With what do they replace them?

8. When Psyche's husband finally allows her sisters to visit, what is their reaction? What does Psyche's husband warn her about after her sisters' visit?

9. What causes Lucius to turn into a donkey? What is his reaction?

10. In Telyphron's story, what nationality is the man who speaks to the dead? Who is accused of killing the dead man?

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