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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 effect does the King's accident have on Orual?

2. For the first time, Orual feels what emotion behind her veil?

3. Orual decides to amend her book. Why?

4. When the god says "You are also Psyche," this implies what?

5. In the title Till We Have Faces, the "faces" are. . .

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the story of Istra.

4. What has prepared Orual to rule as queen of Glome?

5. Describe the last days of the Fox.

6. How does Orual motivate herself to draw blood in combat with Argan?

7. How does Orual react to the death of Bardia?

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

9. What conflict comes between Orual and the Fox?

10. How does Orual hope to use Trunia and Redival to bring peace to Glome and Phars?

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

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 3

Choose one of the following thematic elements, and discuss why you think it is the most important in the text:

1) Logic vs. Faith

2) Ugliness vs. Beauty

3) Sacrifice

4) Power

5) Truth

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