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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. Who is the first to testify against Lucius in court?
(a) Byrrhaena.
(b) Photis.
(c) The night watchman.
(d) Milo.

2. Where does Psyche wake up after she weeps on the mountain top?
(a) A palace.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Her parents' house.
(d) The underworld.

3. What is the name of Socrates' lover's sister?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pamela.
(d) Panthia.

4. Why is Psyche's husband apprehensive about letting Psyche's sisters visit?
(a) He is worried they will ruin their marriage.
(b) He thinks they are beneath him.
(c) He is worried they will fall in love with him.
(d) He is worried he will fall in love with one of them.

5. Where does Aristomenes take Socrates as soon as he finds him?
(a) To his house.
(b) To the doctor.
(c) To church.
(d) To the baths.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Byrrhena say she descended?

2. Where is the main character traveling in Book 1?

3. What does Socrates' lover do to him while he sleeps?

4. In what country is the story set?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Pamphile want Photis to gather for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fotis say is the cure for Lucius' condition? What happens before Fotis is able to administer this cure?

2. 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?

3. When Psyche lights a lamp in her bedroom, what does she discover? What does she spill on her husband?

4. What kind of house does Byrrhaena's live in? What does Byrrhaena tell Lucius about Pamphile?

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

6. Where does Psyche go to look for her husband after he disappears? To whom does she finally turn to as a last resort?

7. How does Captain Lamachus lose his arm? Why does he beg his fellow thieves to kill him?

8. Who wants revenge from Psyche? What is the plan to exact revenge?

9. During the night that Telyphron spends watching the dead man's corpse, what does he see? What is the condition of the corpse in the morning?

10. When Aristomenes sees Socrates, what does he say to him? Where does he take Socrates first?

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