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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Captain Lamachus?
(a) He becomes the leader of the bandits.
(b) He is killed in battle.
(c) He leaves the bandits and becomes an honest man.
(d) He loses an arm.

2. What relationship does Lucius have to Byrrhena?
(a) She nursed him as a child.
(b) She is his real mother.
(c) She is his godmother.
(d) She is his sister.

3. At Byrrhaena's dinner party, Byrrhaena says the next day is _______________.
(a) The festival of laughter.
(b) The festival of the gods.
(c) Thursday.
(d) A day of rest.

4. While Aristomenes is on the floor underneath his bed, what does he do?
(a) Starts to cry.
(b) Holds his breath.
(c) Begins to scream.
(d) Begins to laugh.

5. Complete this sentence from Chapter 3. "This increased, nay doubled my misery: I was not even to be allowed _______."
(a) To say goodbye to Photis.
(b) To live in jail.
(c) To die in one piece.
(d) To laugh at my own misfortune.

6. In Thelyphron's story, who is accused of killing the man to be buried?
(a) His wife.
(b) His uncle.
(c) The Egyptian.
(d) Thelyphron.

7. During his trial, what does Lucius find out about the dead bodies?
(a) They are inflated wineskins.
(b) They are his brothers.
(c) They are deadly criminals.
(d) They are his neighbors.

8. Who is the author of "The Golden Ass"?
(a) Aristomenes.
(b) Apuleius.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

9. What does Lucius learn about Pamphile from Byrrhena?
(a) She knows magic.
(b) She is his mother.
(c) She is really a man.
(d) She is an angel.

10. What color waistband is Photis wearing when Lucius watches her work in the kitchen?
(a) Blue.
(b) Bright red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

11. What do the bandits eat for dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) Roast.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Stew.
(d) Porridge.

12. What plant does Lucius find which is poisonous, but which he still considers eating?
(a) Rose violets.
(b) Rose Thorns.
(c) Rose Laurels.
(d) Rose peonies.

13. What does Fotis say the cure is for Lucius' condition?
(a) Finding his true love.
(b) Finding the fountain of wisdom.
(c) Eating roses.
(d) Only Pamphile can cure him.

14. From where does Byrrhena say she descended?
(a) Plato.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Plutonium.
(d) Plutarch.

15. With what is Socrates' wound covered?
(a) A cloth.
(b) His tunic.
(c) His bedcovers.
(d) A sponge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pamphile rub over herself when she performs her spell?

3. What does the old woman do while Almicus is robbing her?

4. The magistrate says the deception was a tribute to __________.

5. Thrasyleon dresses up as ______________.

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