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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing Psyche felt most ashamed of during her first visit to the palace?
(a) She was ashamed of seeing a god.
(b) She was ashamed of surviving the sacrifice.
(c) She was ashamed of leaving her family behind.
(d) She was ashamed of being mortal.

2. Orual denies the feeling of elation rising in her at the beauty of nature. Why?
(a) Bardia warns her against the feeling.
(b) She understands it is a deception of her senses.
(c) She feels feverish and unsure of her perceptions.
(d) She feels indulging it would be like laughing on the way to Psyche's funeral.

3. Istra's Greek name is
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Ungit
(c) Helen
(d) Psyche

4. Before the King can banish the Fox to the mines, what event intercedes?
(a) Messenger from Caphad declares war.
(b) Messengers from Phars arrive to meet with the King.
(c) Orual and the Fox run away.
(d) The Fox poisons himself.

5. The King does not believe Orual loves Psyche because. . .
(a) Redival is Psyche's daughter.
(b) Psyche is Redival's daughter.
(c) Orual and Psyche are only half-sisters.
(d) Psyche is Orual's step-daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the birth of his daughter, the King threatens to. . .

2. Why will the King not hear the Fox's solutions?

3. When Psyche learns that Orual cannot see her palace at all, she expresses. . .

4. Why is the Fox not downcast about being a slave?

5. What happens to Tarin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Fox's personality.

2. Why does the Fox suggest that Orual needs a dose of hellebore too?

3. Why does the war with Tarin's father seem to "leave a stench?"

4. Orual calls the love she feels for Psyche "deeper than theirs who seek only the happiness of their beloved." What does this imply about Orual's former thoughts on leaving Psyche to her happiness?

5. How has the palace changed since Orual came out of the Pillar Room?

6. Why is Psyche ashamed to be mortal?

7. Why does the King kill a slave boy at the beginning of the chapter?

8. What reasons does the Fox have for wanting to commit suicide?

9. What are the King's reasons for sacrificing Psyche?

10. Ultimately, why is Psyche happy to be sacrificed to the god of Grey Mountain?

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