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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color shoes do the priests wear in Chapter 12?

2. What do the priests wear on their heads?

3. What are the priests exposed for having during their feast?

4. In his dream, what is Lucius told not to fear?

5. What do the priests use Lucius to carry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the gardener go to hide? Why does he feel the need to hide?

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

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

5. In Chapter 13, why does the cook want to hang himself? What was he supposed to make for dinner?

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

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

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

9. Whom does Lucius pray to in Chapter 17? What does she tell him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, the thieves tell stories about how three of their comrades die "in the line of duty." Write an essay analyzing these three stories and their significance in the novel. What do they mean? What literary device is Apuleuis using?

Essay Topic 2

One of the conflicts in the novel is man versus nature. Write an essay on how this is exemplified in the novel, using at least two examples. Is this argument complicated by the fact that Lucius is a man transformed into animal?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of masquerade is an important element in the novel. Write an essay about masquerade in the novel. Who uses it? Why? What does this do in the novel? Be sure to use at least two detailed examples in your argument.

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