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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orual blames Bardia's illness on. . .
(a) old age.
(b) poison.
(c) his nagging wife.
(d) fever.

2. Orual believes that she has proven what?
(a) The gods hate her and want to punish her.
(b) Psyche deserves to be exiled.
(c) The gods do not exist.
(d) Psyche never loved her.

3. Orual describes Bardia's statement that "If a man was blind and she weren't the King's daughter, she'd make him a good wife," as. . .
(a) the cruellest thing anyone had ever said about her.
(b) a proposal of marriage.
(c) a challenge to her honor.
(d) the nearest thing to a love-speech ever made to her.

4. Who does the Queen vow to kill at the end of chapter 19?
(a) Bardia
(b) The King
(c) Poobi
(d) Orual

5. What thoughts does Orual repress when resolving to save Psyche?
(a) She represses the thought that children must obey their parents.
(b) She represses the thought that murder is wrong.
(c) She represses the thought that Psyche is happy and she should not meddle.
(d) She represses the thought that Psyche may bear the child of a beast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orual believes Psyche's tale of her rescue is . . .

2. Ultimately, Psyche agrees to go ahead with Orual's demands because. . .

3. What were the "knocks of the hammer" that destroyed Orual's happiness with the Fox and Psyche?

4. What thoughts has Orual repeated about the gods throughout the story?

5. When Orual learns of Batta's behavior toward other slaves, she. . .

(see the answer key)

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