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

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

3. Which of the following is a reason why the narrator does not fear the gods will punish her for writing her book?
(a) She is old and has already suffered terrors and plagues.
(b) She has no loved ones left whom the gods can hurt.
(c) The Greeks' wise men will know whether her complaint is right or wrong.
(d) She is writing the book in Greek, which the gods will not understand.

4. 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"?
(a) She believes they will anger the King of the Mountain.
(b) She believes Pysche is cursed.
(c) She believes the divine nature has no envy.
(d) She believes it is a bad omen to say such things about a god.

5. What proof does Batta offer that the people have stopped worshiping Psyche?
(a) The people believe she spread the plague by touching them.
(b) The people are shocked to see her walk the streets alone.
(c) The people believe she has starved them.
(d) The people believe she will smite them with thunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the birth of King Trom's third child, the atmosphere of the castle is. . .

2. Why is the Fox not downcast about being a slave?

3. Why does Redival feel she will no longer attract men's attention on her walks to the temple?

4. The Fox is told to tutor the girls for which of the following reasons?

5. Orual's comparison of the Priest to a vulture foreshadows

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