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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. How long does Lucius abstain from eating meat?
2. What does Lucius do at the last second before he is to perform in Chapter 17?
3. What do the priests use Lucius to carry?
4. What are Tlepolemus and Thrasyllus hunting when Tlepolemus dies?
5. Who buys Lucius from the baker?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lucius expose the priests in Chapter 12? What do they do to Lucius after this?
2. When the brothers catch Lucius eating human food, what is their reaction? Whom do they show?
3. Who tells Lucius about his third initiation? What does he have to do before he can complete his third initiation?
4. Who pays to spend a few nights with Lucius? What idea does this give Thaysus?
5. After Charite and Tlepolemus die, who inherits their estate? What does he decide to do?
6. What does Lucius do to his appearance? How long does he go without meat?
7. What does Isis tell Lucius about epicurean gratification? How is happiness found?
8. In Chapter 14, who does the gardener encounter on his way home? What happens between them?
9. In Chapter 16, where do the brothers who own Lucius work? Why does Lucius like this?
10. Before Lucius is set to go out for his act, what does he do? Where does he go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Since Lucius is the protagonist, the novel should also have an antagonist. In your opinion, who is the antagonist? Why? Write an essay to share your opinion. Be sure to use details in your argument.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Charite is an important character in the novel. Write an essay on the role of Charite in the novel and her impact on the main character. What does Charite represent? Be sure to use details in your argument.
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