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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Fox grows ill, what happens to Orual?
(a) She takes his place as King's advisor.
(b) She nurses him back to health and catches the fever.
(c) She begins to rule the kingdom in place of her ill father.
(d) She becomes the healer to the citizens of Glome.

2. Istra's Greek name is
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Ungit
(c) Psyche
(d) Helen

3. Why does Redival feel she will no longer attract men's attention on her walks to the temple?
(a) People believe she carries the fever.
(b) No one dares to talk to the king's daughters.
(c) She has become as ugly as Orual.
(d) The men have all seen Istra's superior beauty.

4. In what way are Redival and Batta alike?
(a) They both worship Psyche.
(b) They are both selfish and ill-mannered.
(c) They are both loyal servants of Ungit.
(d) They are both concerned about others.

5. What do the grateful citizens of Glome do for Psyche that concerns Orual?
(a) They compare her to Aphrodite and Helen.
(b) They build her an altar in the Temple of Ungit.
(c) They leave offerings for her that are supposed to be special to Ungit.
(d) They make ritual sacrifices at her marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Redival caught doing at the beginning of chapter 3?

2. Why has the Fox been allowed such freedom with the King's daughters?

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

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

5. What does the Priest say is hateful to Ungit?

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