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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 is Trunia seeking refuge in Glome?

2. The rite of the Year's birth represents

3. The god's words "you also shall be psyche" suggest what to Orual?

4. When Orual reunites with Psyche, she realizes that everything that was or will be existed. . .

5. Psyche cannot even imagine hiding her plan from her husband because. . .

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the God reveal himself to Orual?

5. Describe the last days of the Fox.

6. What test does Orual propose of Psyche?

7. Who visits Orual at the beginning of the chapter? What does he/she want?

8. How is Orual persuaded not to kill herself?

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

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

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

If we assume that Lewis writes Till We Have Faces to communicate some virtue or virtues, what might they be? Write an essay in which you identify Lewis' definition of goodness and how he communicates these values in his novel.

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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