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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 does the mob return to the palace a second time?
(a) They want to curse the king.
(b) They want the king to have a son.
(c) They are starving.
(d) They believe Psyche caused the fever.

2. What name does Psyche call Orual that she learned from the Fox?
(a) Redival
(b) Maia
(c) Aphrodite
(d) Ungit

3. Orual is comforted by the fire and food at her camp with Bardia. Why?
(a) It simplifies her situation and allows her to concentrate on mortal things.
(b) It soothes the bruises from her fight with Psyche.
(c) It reminds her that she has been right all along.
(d) It makes her feel safe from the lions and Mountain beasts.

4. What were the "knocks of the hammer" that destroyed Orual's happiness with the Fox and Psyche?
(a) Lack of an army and Psyche's desertion of the family
(b) Bad marriages, starvation, and traitorous soldiers
(c) The priest's cursing of the family and the Fox's death
(d) Bad harvests, strangers' worship of Psyche, and rebellion

5. The King does not believe Orual loves Psyche because. . .
(a) Psyche is Redival's daughter.
(b) Redival is Psyche's daughter.
(c) Orual and Psyche are only half-sisters.
(d) Psyche is Orual's step-daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orual feel "as if a soft, cold hand had been laid" on her left side when the Fox calls Psyche "prettier than Aphrodite herself"?

2. Psyche believes the gods may not truly be cruel because. . .

3. To what does the Fox attribute the fact that the dangers and plagues disappeared from Glome when Psyche was sacrificed?

4. Orual identifies which turn of events as "the subtlety of the god who is against us"?

5. Why does Orual not share her vision with the Fox when she relays the meeting with Psyche?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Psyche's mention of "He" anger Orual?

2. What reasons does the Fox have for wanting to commit suicide?

3. What does Orual mean by "And my struggle began," after they pass out of sight of the mountain?

4. Describe Orual's childhood.

5. What does Psyche's helping Orual across the stream represent?

6. How has the palace changed since Orual came out of the Pillar Room?

7. Describe the reasons Orual is prevented from seeing Pscyhe for a final time at her burial.

8. Why is Orual contemptuous of men?

9. What does Orual believe is the true reason the gods have tried to give her such feelings of happiness on her journey, and why does she refuse to accept these feelings?

10. How are people's attitudes changing toward Psyche?

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