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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. Why has Redival become suddenly pious?
(a) She is jealous of Psyche and wants Ungit to take revenge.
(b) She wants to protect Psyche from Ungit.
(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.

2. What is the king's reaction when the people demand to see Psyche?
(a) He is angry and refuses to let her go.
(b) He is compassionate, but she refuses to go.
(c) He is angry but sends her to them anyway.
(d) He is compassionate and allows her to go.

3. Why does Orual not recognize Psyche in the procession?
(a) Psyche is dressed up as a temple girl.
(b) Psyche is behind the Priest.
(c) Orual is not permitted to watch the procession.
(d) Psyche is not in the procession.

4. When Psyche is sick with fever she speaks mostly of what?
(a) Her travels on the Grey Mountain
(b) Her castle of gold and amber on the Grey Mountain
(c) Her desire to leave Glome
(d) Her father's castle in Glome

5. Orual first believes Redival is the Accursed because. . .
(a) she caused the famine.
(b) she caused the fever.
(c) she behaves immorally.
(d) she is worshiped as a goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the King's position to weaken even further?

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

3. Orual describes Psyche's youth as her own "best times" for which reason?

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

5. Why does Orual learn not to fear her Stepmother?

(see the answer key)

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