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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. Which of the following is not a way in which Glome suffered?
(a) The cattle and bees died.
(b) Lions came and ate all the sheep.
(c) Plagues of locusts came.
(d) The river dried and the fish died.

2. What prevents Orual from following Psyche up the Mountain?
(a) The temple girls prevent her from going.
(b) She is too angry at Psyche to follow.
(c) The King has locked her in the tower.
(d) She is too weak from her beatings to follow.

3. Psyche's appearance at the beginning of the chapter suggests
(a) She has not suffered.
(b) She has been badly beaten.
(c) She is no longer sane.
(d) She is starving and cold.

4. Orual describes Bardia's statement that "If a man was blind and she weren't the King's daughter, she'd make him a good wife," as. . .
(a) a proposal of marriage.
(b) a challenge to her honor.
(c) the nearest thing to a love-speech ever made to her.
(d) the cruellest thing anyone had ever said about her.

5. When Orual learns of Batta's behavior toward other slaves, she. . .
(a) marries Batta off to a good man.
(b) sells Batta to Phars.
(c) orders Batta hanged.
(d) orders Batta out of Glome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orual not notice the death of her own father?

2. Psyche believes the gods may not truly be cruel because. . .

3. What does Psyche believe about the Grey Mountain, even as a child?

4. Orual fantasizes helping out a weeping and penitent Psyche. Why?

5. Even though the King is not home to catch her, Orual slinks back into the palace because. . .

(see the answer key)

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