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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. Psyche believes the Fox is wrong about the gods because. . .
(a) he only believes in Greek gods.
(b) he is angry at the gods.
(c) he doesn't have the whole truth.
(d) he is too religious.

2. The Fox suggests Pscyhe's lover is. . .
(a) a figment of her imagination.
(b) the Priest of Ungit.
(c) a vagabond, madman, outlaw, or thief.
(d) Bardia.

3. Why does Orual not share her vision with the Fox when she relays the meeting with Psyche?
(a) She knows the Fox has heard the story before.
(b) She knows the Fox would think Psyche had convinced her of the story.
(c) She knows the Fox would demand to see it himself.
(d) She knows the Fox would dismiss it and make her feel ashamed.

4. Whose voices does Orual hear crying out at the end of chapter 9?
(a) Bardia's and the Shadowbrute's.
(b) Bardia's and her own.
(c) Bardia's and Psyche's.
(d) Bardia's and the King's.

5. When Psyche learns that Orual cannot see her palace at all, she expresses. . .
(a) superiority and arrogance.
(b) delight and satisfaction.
(c) sadness and pity.
(d) anger and regret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognizes Orual's grief and offers her an outlet through training at swords?

2. Psyche serves Orual:

3. Why does Orual feel "as if a soft, cold hand had been laid" on her left side when the Fox calls Psyche "prettier than Aphrodite herself"?

4. What were the "knocks of the hammer" that destroyed Orual's happiness with the Fox and Psyche?

5. In what way are Redival and Batta alike?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Fox's personality.

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

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

5. Why does the King begin to use the Fox as an advisor?

6. What is Orual's growing fear throughout the chapter?

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

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

9. Bardia's suggestion that he and Orual sleep back to back like soldiers teaches Orual what about herself?

10. What is the lesson the Fox expresses about Nature, or the Whole, in chapter 8?

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