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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. What thoughts has Orual repeated about the gods throughout the story?

2. How might Redival have influenced the Priest's desire to sacrifice Psyche?

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

4. The fact that Orual cannot see the Psyche's palace implies that. . .

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the reasons Orual is prevented from seeing Pscyhe for a final time at her burial.

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

3. Why do Orual and the Fox sense misfortune for Psyche?

4. The Fox has taught Orual and Psyche to believe what about the people they will encounter daily?

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

6. What reasons does the Fox have for wanting to commit suicide?

7. Orual calls the love she feels for Psyche "deeper than theirs who seek only the happiness of their beloved." What does this imply about Orual's former thoughts on leaving Psyche to her happiness?

8. Describe Orual's childhood.

9. What happens to Orual when she hears that Psyche is to be sacrificed?

10. How do Orual and the Fox end up "babysitting" Redival?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Leo Tolstoy measured the effectiveness of a piece of art based on its clearness, individuality, and sincerity. Based on this standard, evaluate Till We Have Faces as a work of art.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the quote "Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant." Consider how Lewis defines beauty and ugliness within the world of Till We Have Faces. Then write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify the quote above as it applies to Lewis' novel.

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