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

2. What is Orual's plan to avoid war with Phars and still defeat Argan?
(a) She will gather an army and storm Phars.
(b) She will use Trunia as bait for Argan, then kill them both.
(c) She will send her armies to challenge Argan.
(d) She will challenge him herself to a single fight.

3. 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 committed suicide.
(d) She has embraced the god and the possibility of reconciliation.

4. Arnom delivers the news that
(a) Bardia's wife has delievered another child.
(b) Bardia's health is failing.
(c) Bardia's wife has left him.
(d) Bardia has been poisoned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Orual frees the Fox, she convinces herself that he will leave her. Why?

2. The first truth Orual learns she has misunderstood is. . .

3. As Orual considers the temple and its dwellers, she realizes what?

4. That Orual's father reveals she is Ungit is an example of . . .

5. Who does Orual feel guilty for thinking of while she waits for Psyche to expose her god?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story of Istra.

2. What help does Orual hope the Gods will provide?

3. What are Orual's strengths as a queen?

4. What complaints does Orual make of the Gods during her trial?

5. What does Ansit confess to Orual regarding Bardia?

6. Describe the last days of the Fox.

7. What does Orual realize about the inability of humans to communicate with the gods?

8. How does Orual feel about the ceremony of the House of Ungit?

9. How does Orual's battle with ugliness come to an end?

10. What is Orual's plan to defeat Argan and rescue Phars?

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