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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Orual attempt to overcome Bardia?
(a) She threatens to turn him over to the King.
(b) She begs him until he relents.
(c) She brings slaves to help her.
(d) She fights him with a sword.

2. What does the King do when Orual offers to sacrifice herself in place of Psyche?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He shows her her own image in the mirror.
(c) He beats her again.
(d) He forces her out of the Pillar Room.

3. What does Psyche believe about the Grey Mountain, even as a child?
(a) She will never go there or see what is on the other side.
(b) She will marry a king who builds her a castle there.
(c) Orual would build her a castle of gold and amber there.
(d) The years lasted longer there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is King Trom most concerned with in this chapter?

2. Who comes to the palace backed by an "army"?

3. What surprises Orual when she first sees her Stepmother?

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

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

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