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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. Orual feels an urgency to escape the Mountain. Why?

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

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

4. What is the king's reaction when the people demand to see Psyche?

5. Why has Redival become suddenly pious?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Orual claims she writes her book for what reason?

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Orual contemptuous of men?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of faith through any one character in the text. Following that character's journey, find examples to prove how that person moves toward or away from faith throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one major character and explain the ways Lewis chooses to develop him or her as symbolic. What methods of characterization does the author use? Choose from the following or identify your own:

Characters: Orual, the Fox, Psyche, Redival, Bardia, the Priest, or Arnom.

Methods of Characterization: Actions, Dialog, Description, Other's Reactions, for example.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of fathers and teachers in Till We Have Faces? What sort of father is King Trom? What sort of teacher is The Fox? How do these two men shape Redival, Psyche, and Orual? Write an essay in which you evaluate and analyze the role that one of these men plays in shaping each of the women.

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