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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the Fox been allowed such freedom with the King's daughters?

2. Orual describes Psyche's youth as her own "best times" for which reason?

3. What does Orual call the greatest shame of her life?

4. Orual denies the feeling of elation rising in her at the beauty of nature. Why?

5. What is ironic about Psyche's treatment of Orual when she sees Orual's bruises?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Psyche's helping Orual across the stream represent?

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

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

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

6. Why does Orual focus on the most fearful possibilities for Psyche's death rather than encouraging her?

7. What kind of relationship does Orual have with her father?

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

9. Describe the Fox's personality.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Till We Have Faces as an allegory and answer the following questions in your essay:

1) How does Lewis use the myth of Cupid and Psyche to communicate his theme(s)?

2) What do the key elements of this allegory (characters, symbols, imagery, allusions, for example) have to do with Lewis' message(s)?

Essay Topic 2

The final sentence of a work is often the point at which the author relinquishes his theme to the reader. Consider the conclusion of Till We Have Faces and write an essay in which you explicate Lewis' intent based on how he ends his book. What does he want his readers to consider?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine Lewis' choice to use the first person point of view in writing Till We Have Faces. Why might he have selected this point of view? How does it enhance his theme(s)?

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