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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orual believes Psyche's tale of her rescue is . . .
(a) a wish.
(b) a result of head injury.
(c) a lie.
(d) a dream.

2. Before the King can banish the Fox to the mines, what event intercedes?
(a) Messenger from Caphad declares war.
(b) Messengers from Phars arrive to meet with the King.
(c) Orual and the Fox run away.
(d) The Fox poisons himself.

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 has no loved ones left whom the gods can hurt.
(b) She is old and has already suffered terrors and plagues.
(c) She is writing the book in Greek, which the gods will not understand.
(d) The Greeks' wise men will know whether her complaint is right or wrong.

4. Orual is comforted by the fire and food at her camp with Bardia. Why?
(a) It makes her feel safe from the lions and Mountain beasts.
(b) It soothes the bruises from her fight with Psyche.
(c) It simplifies her situation and allows her to concentrate on mortal things.
(d) It reminds her that she has been right all along.

5. The King does not believe Orual loves Psyche because. . .
(a) Psyche is Redival's daughter.
(b) Orual and Psyche are only half-sisters.
(c) Redival is Psyche's daughter.
(d) Psyche is Orual's step-daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the King's position to weaken even further?

2. Whose voices does Orual hear crying out at the end of chapter 9?

3. When Psyche is sick with fever she speaks mostly of what?

4. Why has Redival become suddenly pious?

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

(see the answer key)

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