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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. What happens to Tarin?
(a) The king forces him to marry Orual.
(b) The king forces him to marry Redival.
(c) The king murders him on the spot.
(d) The king makes him a eunuch and sells him.

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

3. What potential problem is rising between Redival and Psyche?
(a) Redival wants attention from Orual and the Fox.
(b) Psyche has fallen in love with Redival's betrothed soldier.
(c) Psyche is much more beautiful than Redival.
(d) Redival wants to marry the King of Grey Mountain.

4. Why is the KIng not moved by the Fox's story of a Greek king who killed his daughter, and was then punished by the gods?
(a) He has no daughters.
(b) He thinks the Fox invented the story.
(c) He thinks the gods would never punish a king.
(d) He thinks he has no one to murder him as the Greek king was murdered.

5. The citizens of Glome believe in which gods?
(a) Ungit and Anchises
(b) Ungit and the god of the Grey Mountain
(c) Ungit and Aphrodite
(d) Ungit and the river god Shennit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orual mean by the "reek of holiness" that has overtaken the palace?

2. Istra's Greek name is

3. Where do Orual, Psyche, and the Fox spend most of their time?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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