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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about Psyche's treatment of Orual when she sees Orual's bruises?
(a) She does not want Orual to visit her.
(b) She begins to comfort Orual as though Orual were the victim.
(c) She insists that Orual take her place in the sacrifice.
(d) She is as cruel as the King.

2. After the battle, Orual is angry that Bardia says "The day's work is over" because it implies what?
(a) He believes she did not act like a lady.
(b) She is working him too hard.
(c) Bardia's time with her is only duty to him.
(d) He only wants to be with his wife.

3. Psyche believes the gods may not truly be cruel because. . .
(a) humans cannot understand what gods do.
(b) humans cause the gods to act cruelly.
(c) humans are both good and evil.
(d) humans are cruel themselves.

4. Why does Orual not share her vision with the Fox when she relays the meeting with Psyche?
(a) She knows the Fox would dismiss it and make her feel ashamed.
(b) She knows the Fox would demand to see it himself.
(c) She knows the Fox has heard the story before.
(d) She knows the Fox would think Psyche had convinced her of the story.

5. What emotion does Orual express most when discussing their father, the King?
(a) Trust
(b) Sorrow
(c) Love
(d) Anger

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Queen vow to kill at the end of chapter 19?

2. When Orual shuts the windows against the chains' weeping sound, she is symbolically. . .

3. What thought is unexpectedly bothering Orual?

4. The Fox's decree that Justice, Equality, the Soul, musical note, things behind our backs, and things too far away to be seen suggests that he is ruled by . . .

5. What name does Psyche call Orual that she learned from the Fox?

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