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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Fox grows ill, what happens to Orual?
(a) She takes his place as King's advisor.
(b) She becomes the healer to the citizens of Glome.
(c) She nurses him back to health and catches the fever.
(d) She begins to rule the kingdom in place of her ill father.

2. After the god's voice prevents her from committing suicide, it tells her she must. . .
(a) find Psyche.
(b) become Ungit.
(c) attempt to escape the deadlands.
(d) die before she dies.

3. What is ironic about Psyche's treatment of Orual when she sees Orual's bruises?
(a) She is as cruel as the King.
(b) She begins to comfort Orual as though Orual were the victim.
(c) She does not want Orual to visit her.
(d) She insists that Orual take her place in the sacrifice.

4. Why is the Fox not downcast about being a slave?
(a) There were no great men in his own country.
(b) His childish nature keeps him from understanding his situation.
(c) He was happier among the barbarians.
(d) His inquisitive mind keeps him cheerful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What thought is unexpectedly bothering Orual?

2. When Psyche learns that Orual cannot see her palace at all, she expresses. . .

3. To what two things does Orual compare the ugly scribble of her complaint?

4. In her summary of the years that pass, Orual reports that tales of her reign . . .

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

(see the answer key)

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