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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 do the priests wear on their heads?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Crowns of thorns.
(c) Turbans.
(d) Veils.

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

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

4. When Thrasyllus finds out what Charite did in front of her husband's tomb, what does he do?
(a) Kills himself with his sword.
(b) Starves himself to death.
(c) Turns himself in.
(d) Slits his wrists.

5. What does Lucius pray for if he doesn't return to normal?
(a) To go to heaven.
(b) Death.
(c) To be young and agile again.
(d) To go to a good home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of act does Thaysus plan to engage Lucius?

2. Why does Lucius like his living situation in Chapter 16?

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

4. How does Lucius feel about his new religion at the end of the novel?

5. What is Lucius' life like in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who tells Lucius about his third initiation? What does he have to do before he can complete his third initiation?

2. When Lucius is transformed into a human again, what does the crowd attribute this to? What does the priest tell Lucius he must do?

3. What is unusual about the priests that buy Lucius? How do they get money?

4. Why is Lucius not easy to sell at the auction block? How does he feel when he is being sold?

5. How does Thrasyllus murder Tlepolemus? Why did he do it?

6. What is Lucius promised by Charite for his bravery and service? What happens instead?

7. Who does the stepmother try to poison in Chapter 15? What happens instead?

8. What potential does Thaysus see in Lucius? What does he start to teach him?

9. When the brothers catch Lucius eating human food, what is their reaction? Whom do they show?

10. What does Lucius consider as his initiation into the religion? How many more initiations must he undertake?

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