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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. What does the King do when Orual offers to sacrifice herself in place of Psyche?
(a) He accepts.
(b) He forces her out of the Pillar Room.
(c) He beats her again.
(d) He shows her her own image in the mirror.

2. When Bardia suggests they sleep back to back to ward off the cold, Orual. . .
(a) refuses and returns to Glome.
(b) is insulted that Bardia thinks she is ugly.
(c) gets angry.
(d) agrees.

3. Orual describes Psyche's youth as her own "best times" for which reason?
(a) Psyche is as beautiful as a goddess.
(b) Orual and the Fox took Psyche away from Glome.
(c) Batta became a grandmother to Psyche.
(d) Orual, Psyche, and the Fox loved and raised Psyche.

4. At the start of the chapter, Orual determines to. . .
(a) leave Glome for good.
(b) beg the King to free Psyche.
(c) sacrifice herself to Ungit.
(d) go with Psyche to the Mountain.

5. What does the Priest say is hateful to Ungit?
(a) Famine
(b) War
(c) Barrenness of sons
(d) Pestilence

Short Answer Questions

1. What sacrifice does the Priest say Ungit demands?

2. Orual feels an urgency to escape the Mountain. Why?

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

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

5. The fact that Orual cannot see the Psyche's palace implies that. . .

(see the answer key)

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