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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. In the Fox's story of Aphrodite and Anchises, why does Aphrodite have to "dim her glory?"
(a) The goddess Ida would be terribly jealous of her.
(b) The lions, lynxes, and bears followed her down the mountain.
(c) Anchises is a god and wants to love a mortal.
(d) She is a goddess and wants to beguile a mortal.

2. When does Orual first understand that she is ugly?
(a) When the priest insists she wear his bird mask.
(b) When the King implies that her face will frighten his new bride.
(c) When the priest insists she wear a veil in front of him.
(d) When the King tells her Redival is prettier.

3. What news does the King deliver to his daughters and the Fox while they are studying?
(a) He is at war with the King of Phars.
(b) He is to marry the third daughter of the King of Caphad.
(c) He is at war with the King of Caphad.
(d) He is to marry the third daughter of the King of Phars.

4. What does Psyche say that unintentionally wounds Orual?
(a) Psyche tells Orual she is not faithful enough to understand the situation.
(b) Psyche tells Orual she looks just like their father.
(c) Psyche tells there is something bad coming toward them.
(d) Psyche tells Orual she is too tired to discuss the situation.

5. After the birth of his daughter, the King threatens to. . .
(a) drag Orual by the hair.
(b) stab the Priest with a dagger.
(c) smash Ungit into powder.
(d) kill his favorite servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has changed about the King since he beat Orual in chapter 5?

2. What is Psyche's one true fear about the sacrifice on the Mountain?

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

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"?

5. What does the King do when Orual offers to sacrifice herself in place of Psyche?

(see the answer key)

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