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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 has changed about the King since he beat Orual in chapter 5?
(a) He is gentler and ashamed.
(b) He is more determined to punish the Priest.
(c) He is more cruel than before.
(d) He has left the kingdom.

2. What does the Priest say is hateful to Ungit?
(a) War
(b) Pestilence
(c) Famine
(d) Barrenness of sons

3. What is the king's reaction when the people demand to see Psyche?
(a) He is angry and refuses to let her go.
(b) He is angry but sends her to them anyway.
(c) He is compassionate, but she refuses to go.
(d) He is compassionate and allows her to go.

4. Why will the King not hear the Fox's solutions?
(a) He wants to save Psyche on his own.
(b) He wants to save himself and his crown.
(c) He does not trust the Fox.
(d) He wants to dishonor Psyche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What promise does Psyche extract from Orual?

2. Why does the mob return to the palace a second time?

3. What does Orual mean by the "reek of holiness" that has overtaken the palace?

4. Why does Orual not recognize Psyche in the procession?

5. Why does Psyche believe men behave in an evil way?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Bardia the guard at Psyche's door?

5. What is Redival's purpose in visiting the temple so frequently?

6. What does Orual mean by "And my struggle began," after they pass out of sight of the mountain?

7. What "deaths" does Psyche list for Orual as a part of a mortal life?

8. As the discord grows between the sisters, what is happening to the kingdom of Glome?

9. Why does Psyche's mention of "He" anger Orual?

10. What is Orual's biggest struggle in chapter 11?

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