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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Thaysus choose to be Lucius' partner in Chapter 17?

2. How does Lucius' master catch on to his behavior in Chapter 16?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Before Lucius is set to go out for his act, what does he do? Where does he go?

2. In Chapter 10, who comes to the bandits' cave? To what position do the bandits elect him? In reality, who is he?

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

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

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

6. In Chapter 14, who does the gardener encounter on his way home? What happens between them?

7. Where is the ship dedication to take place? How is it when Lucius gets there?

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

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

10. What does Tlepolemus do after the bandits pass out? What does he do before he leaves the cave?

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