View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the palace backed by an "army"?
(a) The Priest
(b) The king
(c) Batta
(d) Ungit

2. Orual accuses Psyche of becoming cruel like the gods because. . .
(a) Psyche will not bring Orual to her true
(b) Psyche claims she never loved Orual.
(c) Psyche longs to go to the mountain, her
(d) Psyche claims Orual should go

3. Orual's comparison of the Priest to a vulture foreshadows
(a) A plague of birds
(b) A war
(c) A battle with the king
(d) A death

4. What caused the King's position to weaken even further?
(a) His marriage to the King of Caphad's fourth daughter.
(b) His starvation of the people.
(c) His slaughter of an enemy was excessive and cruel.
(d) His slaves rose up against him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Orual believes the Fox is wrong about the gods because . . .

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

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

4. Why does the mob return to the palace a second time?

5. Where do Orual, Psyche, and the Fox spend most of their time?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 355 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample