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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psyche's appearance at the beginning of the chapter suggests
(a) She has not suffered.
(b) She is starving and cold.
(c) She is no longer sane.
(d) She has been badly beaten.

2. Orual believes Psyche's tale of her rescue is . . .
(a) a lie.
(b) a wish.
(c) a dream.
(d) a result of head injury.

3. What prevents Orual from following Psyche up the Mountain?
(a) She is too angry at Psyche to follow.
(b) The King has locked her in the tower.
(c) She is too weak from her beatings to follow.
(d) The temple girls prevent her from going.

4. What does Orual mean by the "reek of holiness" that has overtaken the palace?
(a) She means that she now believes in the truth of Ungit.
(b) She means that Ungit's stone had been placed in her house.
(c) She means that the false and superstitious rituals of the sacrifice had begun.
(d) She means that the sacrifice had already taken place.

5. Why does Redival feel she will no longer attract men's attention on her walks to the temple?
(a) People believe she carries the fever.
(b) She has become as ugly as Orual.
(c) The men have all seen Istra's superior beauty.
(d) No one dares to talk to the king's daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the thing Psyche felt most ashamed of during her first visit to the palace?

2. What sacrifice does the Priest say Ungit demands?

3. Orual's comparison of the Priest to a vulture foreshadows

4. When Orual sees her father through her Stepmother's eyes, she believes that his appearance will not. . .

5. What is Psyche's one true fear about the sacrifice on the Mountain?

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