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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will the King not hear the Fox's solutions?
(a) He wants to dishonor Psyche.
(b) He wants to save himself and his crown.
(c) He does not trust the Fox.
(d) He wants to save Psyche on his own.

2. What has changed about the King since he beat Orual in chapter 5?
(a) He is gentler and ashamed.
(b) He has left the kingdom.
(c) He is more determined to punish the Priest.
(d) He is more cruel than before.

3. For what reason does Orual delay her trip to the Mountain to bury Psyche?
(a) Her fear that Psyche is dead will be confirmed.
(b) She wants to wait for better weather.
(c) Her life will be meaningless after the burial.
(d) She has no one to accompany her.

4. When Psyche expresses fear, Orual feels relief because. . .
(a) she has come to comfort Psyche.
(b) she does not want to be alone in her fear.
(c) she has come to make Psyche afraid.
(d) she believes Psyche is insane.

5. Psyche serves Orual:
(a) Meat and wine
(b) Bread and water
(c) Berries and milk
(d) Berries and water

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the "knocks of the hammer" that destroyed Orual's happiness with the Fox and Psyche?

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

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

5. Which of the following is a reason why the narrator does not fear the gods will punish her for writing her book?

(see the answer key)

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