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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Psyche's anger comes chiefly from the fact that. . .
(a) Orual has told her the Fox and Bardia agree that her lover is not a god.
(b) Orual has used Psyche's love for her to manipulate the situation.
(c) Orual has suggested her lover is a madman or outlaw.
(d) Orual has harmed herself.

3. When she finally grows sick of the routine of her days in Glome, Orual. . .
(a) leaves to find Psyche.
(b) step down as Queen.
(c) decides to bring the Fox home to Greece.
(d) decides to travel in other lands.

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

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

6. Why does Orual resist the "tyrannically" strong urge to re-cross the river and forgive Psyche?
(a) She cannot find Psyche.
(b) Her hatred for Psyche prevents her.
(c) Gram will not let her re-cross the river.
(d) Her pride and anger keep her from doing it.

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

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

9. The story the old priest relays implies that
(a) The sisters had no clear signs from the gods.
(b) Orual could not guess the answer to the gods' riddle and so was destroyed.
(c) Psyche was jealous of her sisters.
(d) Orual knew that Psyche's husband was a god, but destroyed her happiness out of jealousy.

10. When Orual shuts the windows against the chains' weeping sound, she is symbolically. . .
(a) denying her love for Psyche.
(b) closing the door on her role as Queen.
(c) refusing to let the world into her room.
(d) wishing for escape from the castle.

11. 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 truly believe in her as Queen.
(d) They seem hopeful for the first time in years.

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

13. When the god says "You are also Psyche," this implies what?
(a) She is as meaningful to the god as Psyche is.
(b) She and Psyche were twins.
(c) The god has sent her into exile.
(d) She will suffer under the weight of many difficult tasks.

14. 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) in answer to Orual's complaint.
(d) for Psyche's sake.

15. While Redival professes to grieve for the King and celebrate Orual's succession, she is primarily concerned that. . .
(a) Orual should find her a good husband.
(b) Orual should allow her to leave Glome.
(c) Orual should share the throne with her.
(d) Orual should appoint her an advisor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orual compares the writing of her book to surgery. Why?

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

3. When Orual says "I did and I did and I did and what does it matter what I did," what is she implying?

4. What is Orual's plan to avoid war with Phars and still defeat Argan?

5. Arnom delivers the news that

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