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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What thoughts has Orual repeated about the gods throughout the story?
(a) The gods are neutral and unemotional.
(b) The gods are good and kindly.
(c) The gods are vile and cruel.
(d) The gods want vengeance and blood.

3. Why has Redival become suddenly pious?
(a) She wants to protect Psyche from Ungit.
(b) She is jealous of Psyche and wants Ungit to take revenge.
(c) She is jealous of Orual and wants Ungit to let her rule Glome.
(d) She wants to call down Ungit's wrath on all of Glome.

4. After the birth of his daughter, the King threatens to. . .
(a) kill his favorite servant.
(b) drag Orual by the hair.
(c) smash Ungit into powder.
(d) stab the Priest with a dagger.

5. At the start of the chapter, Orual determines to. . .
(a) leave Glome for good.
(b) beg the King to free Psyche.
(c) sacrifice herself to Ungit.
(d) go with Psyche to the Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the king's reaction when the people demand to see Psyche?

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

3. 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"?

4. What does Orual call the greatest shame of her life?

5. What do the grateful citizens of Glome do for Psyche that concerns Orual?

(see the answer key)

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