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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orual grows angry at Psyche's attitude, Psyche responds by
(a) refusing to hear anything more from Orual.
(b) insisting that Orual leave until she reconsiders her position.
(c) growing angry in response.
(d) continuing to explain her own excitement and longing.

2. What thought is unexpectedly bothering Orual?
(a) She is bothered by the Fox's refusal to go up the Mountain.
(b) She is bothered by the fear that the King will catch her.
(c) She is bothered by fear for her own safety.
(d) She is bothered by thoughts of Bardia's wife.

3. The Fox is told to tutor the girls for which of the following reasons?
(a) He is to repay a debt to the king.
(b) He is to teach Redival to be wise since she will never be beautiful.
(c) He is to practice tutoring the girls until the king has a son.
(d) He is to teach the girls about foreign lands.

4. What does Orual mean by the "reek of holiness" that has overtaken the palace?
(a) She means that she now believes in the truth of Ungit.
(b) She means that the false and superstitious rituals of the sacrifice had begun.
(c) She means that the sacrifice had already taken place.
(d) She means that Ungit's stone had been placed in her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way are Redival and Batta alike?

2. What is the thing Psyche felt most ashamed of during her first visit to the palace?

3. Why is Trunia seeking refuge in Glome?

4. Why does the Fox not believe a god would take Psyche for his bride?

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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