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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orual expresses amazement that the people of Glome
(a) Rejoice at the
(b) No longer beleive in the
(c) Seem depressed and aggitated on the Year's Birth.
(d) Do not recognize her unveiled.

2. To prepare Orual for killing a man, Bardia insists that she. . .
(a) kill a soldier.
(b) kill a slave.
(c) kill a cow.
(d) kill a pig.

3. Who does Orual feel guilty for thinking of while she waits for Psyche to expose her god?
(a) Gram
(b) The King
(c) Bardia
(d) The Fox

4. The fact that Orual does not see the beauty in the journey the second time suggests what?
(a) Psyche's god has disguised the Mountain.
(b) Psyche's god will not allow her to see it.
(c) She is not open to its beauty as she was before.
(d) The place has changed since she visited first.

5. 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.

6. Orual agrees to visit the natural hot spring because. . .
(a) she wants to please her young companions.
(b) she believes the Fox is waiting for her there.
(c) she wants to visit a temple near the spring.
(d) she thinks that the Fox would have scolded her for missing it.

7. The rams of the gods trample Orual. Why?
(a) It was the wrath of the gods.
(b) Their gladness led them on without noticing Orual.
(c) Their anger caused them to sweep over her.
(d) They are overjoyed to see her.

8. Orual discover her love for Bardia. . .
(a) was selfish and consuming.
(b) was clear to all who knew her.
(c) was beautiful and unselfish.
(d) was returned.

9. That Orual's father reveals she is Ungit is an example of . . .
(a) irony.
(b) allusion.
(c) hyperbole.
(d) point of View.

10. Psyche cannot even imagine hiding her plan from her husband because. . .
(a) she is honorable and loves her husband.
(b) she is afraid to make him angry.
(c) she believes he would want her to see him.
(d) she wants Orual to believe she is brave.

11. The gods cannot answer Orual's charge against them. Why?
(a) Humans cannot understand the answer.
(b) The gods refuse to acknowledge her.
(c) The answer is already before her.
(d) They have no answer.

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

13. Orual believes that she has proven what?
(a) Psyche never loved her.
(b) The gods do not exist.
(c) The gods hate her and want to punish her.
(d) Psyche deserves to be exiled.

14. How does Orual describe the image of love she represents versus Psyche's image?
(a) She is happy while Psyche is sad.
(b) She is joyful and Psyche is stern.
(c) She is heavy and cold while Psyche is resolute.
(d) She is burdened and resolute while Psyche is joyful.

15. When Orual reunites with Psyche, she realizes that everything that was or will be existed. . .
(a) for the god's sake.
(b) for the purpose of teaching Orual her lesson.
(c) for Psyche's sake.
(d) in answer to Orual's complaint.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orual's visit with Ansit reveals what?

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

4. Psyche's biggest fear for the King at the end of the chapter is. . .

5. 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"?

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