The Golden Ass Quizzes

The Golden Ass Quiz 1

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1 At the beginning of his journey, where was Lucius heading?

Thebes

Rome

Thessaly

Athens
2 What was the book initially called?

The Aenied

The Frogs

Metamorphoses

The Odyssey
3 When was the book most likely written?

The 2nd century BCE

The 4th century BCE

The 3rd century CE

The 2nd century CE
4 Who is Aristomenes friends with?

Plato

Socrates

Sophocles

Aristotle
5 Who/what is responsible for Socrates's condition?

Poison

A witch

Disease

Old age
6 Why does Meroe hate Aristomenes?

For his spurning of her advances

For his fear and antipathy

For his sway over Socrates

For his power
7 What does Meroe do to Socrates?

Turns him into an animal

Takes his heart out

Hangs him

Cuts off his penis
8 With whom does Lucius stay in Thessaly?

Demeas

Milo

Photis

Byrrehna
9 What does Lucius complain about on his first night in Thessaly?

Boredom

Fear

Fatigue

Hunger
10 What is Thessaly famed for?

Art

Magic

Athletics

Political discourse
11 Who is Byrrhena?

Lucius's aunt

A former student

Milo's wife

Lucius's lover
12 What does Byrrhena warn Lucius of?

The women of the town

Spending too much money

Pamphile's magic

Milo's magic
13 What feature of Photis's does Lucius admire most?

Her breasts

Her hair

Her smile

Her eyes
14 Diophanes the magician is

powerful

clever

vengeful

foolish
15 Thelyphron has something terrible happen to him when he is

walking along the road

practicing magic

guarding a corpse

coming home from a party
16 What body parts of Thelyphron are now wax?

Penis and testicles

Fingers and toes

Ears and nose

Ears and lips
17 What happens on Lucius's way home from the dinner?

He vomits

He stabs three robbers

He finds a woman

He gets lost
18 How is Thelyphron's story received by the group?

They are entranced

They indifferent

They are afraid

They mock him
19 Where is Lucius's trial held?

The town square

A church

A theater

Milo's house
20 What did Lucius really stab?

Men

Animals

Bags of grain

Wineskins
21 Why did Lucius have a trial?

Because the town hates him

As part of the laughter festival

Because Pamphile wanted to embarrass him

Because he did serious wrong
22 What does Lucius beg of Photis?

To ingratiate herself with her mistress

To help him practice magic himself

To let him observe pamphile's magic

To marry him
23 What does Pamphile turn herself into?

A cat

A rabbit

A butterfly

A bird
24 What does Lucius desire of Pamphile's?

The lamp

The ointment

Her scissors

Her hair
25 What does Lucius accidentally get turned into?

A horse

An ass

A cat

A bird

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