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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is significant about the fact that the judge sits at the same level as Orual?
(a) It implies the gods are essentially humans.
(b) It implies she is not below or less than the gods.
(c) It implies she is a god herself.
(d) It implies she has never really left the world of the gods.

2. What does Orual see in the faces of the people of Glome as they gathered in the streets?
(a) They disapprove of her, and find the fight distasteful.
(b) They do not care for her, only for a free show or an oddity.
(c) They seem hopeful for the first time in years.
(d) They truly believe in her as Queen.

3. The Fox's visions show Orual. . .
(a) that Psyche did not suffer because the god protected her.
(b) that Psyche and Orual were the same person.
(c) that Psyche did not suffer because Orual bore the anguish for her.
(d) that Psyche and Orual would never be reunited.

4. Orual believes she and Ansit cannot be friends because. . .
(a) Ansit is uneducated and feels threated by Orual.
(b) Bardia loves Orual best.
(c) Ansit is poor and has no power.
(d) Ansit is jealous of Orual's time with Bardia.

5. Even though the King is not home to catch her, Orual slinks back into the palace because. . .
(a) she is hiding from the gods.
(b) she feels guilty for her actions.
(c) she is hiding from the King.
(d) she wants to surprise the Fox.

6. In the old priest's story of Psyche, the goddess is finally. . .
(a) cast off the earth by the god's mother.
(b) veiled in Spring and Summer.
(c) reunited with her sisters when she forgives them.
(d) reunited with her god when his mother releases her.

7. Orual's last written words, "I might--" imply what?
(a) She has continued to doubt the god up until her death.
(b) She has embraced the god and the possibility of reconciliation.
(c) She fears and hates the god, but wants him to bring her complaint to Greece.
(d) She has committed suicide.

8. In the title Till We Have Faces, the "faces" are. . .
(a) our roles as Queens, Kings, Soldiers, Priests, for example.
(b) our masks and veils.
(c) our true selves, or the words that lay at the center of our souls.
(d) our repeated complaints, and the demand for answers.

9. For the first time, Orual feels what emotion behind her veil?
(a) Love
(b) Guilt
(c) Fear
(d) Power

10. Orual wins the battle because
(a) Trunia has given Orual the secrets to defeating Argan.
(b) Argan's people do not believe in him.
(c) Argan is overconfident and makes mistakes.
(d) Argan does not know how to fight like the people of Glome.

11. Why does "queening" suit Orual so well?
(a) She can control others' actions and decisions.
(b) She can be sure her subjects and slaves are loyal.
(c) She loses herself in her duties and forgets her sorrow over Psyche.
(d) She can concentrate wholly on her love for Bardia.

12. What effect does the King's accident have on Orual?
(a) It makes her beautiful.
(b) It makes her an orphan.
(c) It places her in the role of King.
(d) It destroys her confidence.

13. Orual fantasizes helping out a weeping and penitent Psyche. Why?
(a) She fears Psyche will never love her.
(b) She believes Psyche will never love her otherwise.
(c) She believes she can express her love by helping her wounded sister.
(d) She believes Psyche is embarrassed and wants to apologize.

14. The first truth Orual learns she has misunderstood is. . .
(a) how she and Batta used to be best friends.
(b) how she rejected the Fox and Redival when Psyche came.
(c) how the gods used to love and care for her.
(d) how she hurt Redival by loving the Fox and Psyche.

15. In her summary of the years that pass, Orual reports that tales of her reign . . .
(a) are exaggerated by the people.
(b) make her out to be a criminal.
(c) have died out completely.
(d) do not do her justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is ironic about the Fox's apology for attempting to manipulate her when he says that "Love is not a thing to be so used"?

2. When she leaves the castle, Orual's disguise consists of. . .

3. While Redival professes to grieve for the King and celebrate Orual's succession, she is primarily concerned that. . .

4. Orual decides to amend her book. Why?

5. When she finally grows sick of the routine of her days in Glome, Orual. . .

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