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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. Why is Psyche's husband apprehensive about letting Psyche's sisters visit?
(a) He is worried they will ruin their marriage.
(b) He is worried he will fall in love with one of them.
(c) He is worried they will fall in love with him.
(d) He thinks they are beneath him.

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

3. What is the name of Socrates' lover's sister?
(a) Plato.
(b) Pamela.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Panthia.

4. When Socrates drinks from the stream, what happens to him?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He bleeds and dies.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He turns into a fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lucius rubs himself with the same material that Pamphile does, what happens to him?

2. What do Psyche's sisters convince Psyche about her husband on their second visit?

3. As the charges are heard against Lucius, what does the audience do?

4. In Chapter 5, what happens as Fotis gets ready to administer the cure for Lucius' condition?

5. What does Psyche discover when she carries a lamp into her and her husband's room one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Aristomenes' story, where was he traveling? What was his trade?

2. In Chapter 2, who does Lucius meet in the market while he is exploring the city? What does this person offer him?

3. When Psyche lights a lamp in her bedroom, what does she discover? What does she spill on her husband?

4. While Aristomenes and Socrates are sleeping, who comes into their room? What happens to Socrates?

5. During dinner at Milo's house in Chapter 2, what do Lucius, Milo, and Pamphile talk about? Why does Lucius excuse himself early?

6. What kind of house does Byrrhaena's live in? What does Byrrhaena tell Lucius about Pamphile?

7. After the dinner at Byrrhaena's house, how many men does Lucius find at Milo's gate? What does he do to them?

8. While Lucius and Fotis watch, Pamphile turns herself into what? Why?

9. How does Captain Lamachus lose his arm? Why does he beg his fellow thieves to kill him?

10. What does Lucius see that is poisonous? Why does he consider eating it?

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