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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Fox describes Psyche as which of the following?
(a) Other-worldly
(b) Proper
(c) Outside of Nature
(d) According to Nature

2. In the Fox's story of Aphrodite and Anchises, why does Aphrodite have to "dim her glory?"
(a) Anchises is a god and wants to love a mortal.
(b) She is a goddess and wants to beguile a mortal.
(c) The goddess Ida would be terribly jealous of her.
(d) The lions, lynxes, and bears followed her down the mountain.

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 is old and has already suffered terrors and plagues.
(b) She has no loved ones left whom the gods can hurt.
(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. What has changed about the King since he beat Orual in chapter 5?
(a) He is more cruel than before.
(b) He has left the kingdom.
(c) He is more determined to punish the Priest.
(d) He is gentler and ashamed.

5. Ultimately, Psyche agrees to go ahead with Orual's demands because. . .
(a) she loves Orual and does not want her to kill herself.
(b) she wants to see her husband's face.
(c) she has no other choice is she is to live.
(d) she believes Orual will attack her husband next.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fact that Orual does not see the beauty in the journey the second time suggests what?

2. The god "changes the past" by suggesting what?

3. What does Orual call the greatest shame of her life?

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

5. The story the old priest relays implies that

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