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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psyche's biggest fear for the King at the end of the chapter is. . .
(a) that he should prevent her from fighting.
(b) that he should die and leave her alone.
(c) that he should live.
(d) that he should find she has been acting as Queen.

2. Orual's two strengths as Queen are:
(a) Her silver mines and her veil
(b) The counsel of Bardia and the Fox, and her veil
(c) Her veil and her helmet
(d) The counsel of the Fox and her slave Poobi

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

4. 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 truly believe in her as Queen.
(c) They seem hopeful for the first time in years.
(d) They do not care for her, only for a free show or an oddity.

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

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

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

8. Orual compares the writing of her book to surgery. Why?
(a) She was so meticulous and careful about every detail.
(b) It took her weeks to recover from writing it.
(c) The gods changed her through the process.
(d) She found every word of it painful.

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

10. The god's words "you also shall be psyche" suggest what to Orual?
(a) She will live with the god in the valley.
(b) She has to be sacrificed in the valley.
(c) She is beautiful too.
(d) She will be forced into exile as well.

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

12. Ultimately, Psyche agrees to go ahead with Orual's demands because. . .
(a) she has no other choice is she is to live.
(b) she believes Orual will attack her husband next.
(c) she loves Orual and does not want her to kill herself.
(d) she wants to see her husband's face.

13. Orual's visit with Ansit reveals what?
(a) Ansit tried to prevent Bardia from working with Orual.
(b) Bardia and Ansit loved each other.
(c) Her overburdening Bardia with work made his life difficult.
(d) Ilerdia had betrayed Ansit.

14. 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"?
(a) She has used her own love to manipulate the Fox.
(b) She has used her own love to manipulate Psyche.
(c) She has used her own love to manipulate the King.
(d) She has used her own love to manipulate Bardia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Trunia seeking refuge in Glome?

3. The god "changes the past" by suggesting what?

4. Psyche cannot even imagine hiding her plan from her husband because. . .

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

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