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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 does Orual believe she cannot change her soul from an ugly one into a beautiful one?

2. Orual fantasizes helping out a weeping and penitent Psyche. Why?

3. Why would Orual rather see her loved ones dead than have their love stolen from her?

4. Orual expresses amazement that the people of Glome

5. Ultimately, Psyche agrees to go ahead with Orual's demands because. . .

Short Essay Questions

1. What test does Orual propose of Psyche?

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

3. How is it that Psyche could have endured so much without any anguish?

4. What does Orual realize about the inability of humans to communicate with the gods?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the God reveal himself to Orual?

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

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

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 3

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)?

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