Literature Assignment from Book, "The Golden Ass, Books 7 -10." D. Konstan, "Roman Novels:Unequal Love" Chapter 3 in Sexual Symmetry, pp. 100-113 and 125-138 (Apulieus:Desire & the Divine") T. Hag

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LIETERATURES

The Ancient Romance

Fall 2020

Instructor:

Name: ______________________________

The Golden Ass

ID Quiz

1. What is the name of the narrator of the Golden Ass?

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1. What was the ultimate cause of the death of Socrates?

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1. Byrrhena warns Lucius about someone. What is this person’s name? What exactly is the danger posed by this person?

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1. According to the revived cadaver, for what service was Thelyphron actually paid?

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1. With what crime was Lucius charged by the townspeople of Hypata?

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1. Why exactly did Lucius metamorphose into an ass instead of an owl?

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1. What was the cause of death of the following robbers:

Lamachus: _______________________________________________________________

Alcimus: _______________________________________________________________

Thrasyleon: _______________________________________________________________

1. Who narrates the tale of Psyche and Cupid?

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1. What does Venus implore her son Cupid to do to Psyche?

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1. Who or what conveys Psyche from the rocky crag where her fellow citizens have planted her to the valley below?

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1. Psyche describes her husband as three different people to her sisters. Who are these three individuals?

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1. As Psyche gazes upon her husband Cupid for the first time, something happens that causes him to leap up and abandon her. What happens?

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1. What reason does Cupid give for ignoring his mother Venus’ command that he cause Psyche to fall in love with the world’s biggest loser?

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1. Psyche actually attempts suicide three times. Who or what intervenes to thwart each attempt?

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1. Venus assigns Psyche four seemingly impossible tasks to complete. Who or what intervenes to bring each one to a successful conclusion?

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1. What is the name of Psyche’s and Cupid’s daughter?

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1. What are the two names of Charite’s betrothed and future husband?

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1. Charite gouges out the eyes of her wannabe lover Thrasyllus. Why?

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1. What is the name of the head priest of the cult of the Syrian Goddess?

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1. In the tale told by the crone, Arete and Philesitherus succeed in consummating their illicit love.

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1. What calamity was foretold by the six omens that attended the lunch given by the householder for Lucius’ most recent owner, the truck farmer?

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1. After arriving in a diminutive burg, Lucius recounts the details of a local crime. Who plans this “crime”? Who carries out this “crime”? Who is the victim of this “crime”?

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1. Who is responsible for the theft of the food prepared by Lucius’ new owners, two brothers, a cook and a baker?

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1. What is the name of Lucius’ eighth and final owner?

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1. To what notorious queen of myth does Lucius compare the lady of wealth who beds him?

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1. As part of games organized to entertain the local population, Lucius is going to perform sexual intercourse with a condemned woman. What was her crime (x 5)?

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1. Lucius is initiated into the mystery cult of what goddess?

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1. Who provides Lucius with the roses he needs to eat to regain human form?

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1. In what city does Lucius finally settle down?

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1. What two occupations will Lucius henceforth ply?

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