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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) She believes it is a bad omen to say such things about a god.
(b) She believes they will anger the King of the Mountain.
(c) She believes the divine nature has no envy.
(d) She believes Pysche is cursed.

2. Orual believes you can escape thoughts of the gods or faith by. . .
(a) working hard, avoiding music or pleasure, and loving no one.
(b) loving only those who love you in return.
(c) seeking revenge on those that have wronged you.
(d) constantly looking up at the sky.

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

4. What name have the people begun to call Psyche?
(a) The Accused
(b) The Accursed
(c) The Goddess
(d) The Accuser

5. Orual begins her story on the day. . .
(a) her mother died.
(b) her stepmother came to them.
(c) the prince was born.
(d) Psyche was born.

6. When does Orual first understand that she is ugly?
(a) When the King implies that her face will frighten his new bride.
(b) When the King tells her Redival is prettier.
(c) When the priest insists she wear a veil in front of him.
(d) When the priest insists she wear his bird mask.

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

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

9. The Fox suggests Pscyhe's lover is. . .
(a) Bardia.
(b) a figment of her imagination.
(c) a vagabond, madman, outlaw, or thief.
(d) the Priest of Ungit.

10. Why does the Fox not believe a god would take Psyche for his bride?
(a) The Divine Nature would forbid it.
(b) The universe, or Divine Nature, still wants revenge for Psyche's blasphemy.
(c) The universe, or Divine Nature, does not have human inclinations.
(d) Gods and humans detest each other.

11. What promise does Psyche extract from Orual?
(a) Orual will murder the King.
(b) Orual will avenge Psyche's murder.
(c) Orual will not do anything drastic or outrageous.
(d) Orual will never think of Psyche again.

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

13. Where do Orual, Psyche, and the Fox spend most of their time?
(a) In Greece
(b) On the Grey Mountain
(c) In the Temple of Ungit
(d) On the hill-top looking down on Glome

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orual denies the feeling of elation rising in her at the beauty of nature. Why?

3. Istra's Greek name is

4. Trying to make Psyche see reason, Orual begins to. . .

5. Orual believes Psyche's tale of her rescue is . . .

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