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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Fox grows ill, what happens to Orual?
(a) She nurses him back to health and catches the fever.
(b) She takes his place as King's advisor.
(c) She becomes the healer to the citizens of Glome.
(d) She begins to rule the kingdom in place of her ill father.

2. Orual identifies which turn of events as "the subtlety of the god who is against us"?
(a) Psyche's
(b) Pysche's inability to heal the Fox and her responsibilty for others' deaths
(c) Psyche's marriage to Tarin and eventual rebellion
(d) Redival's revenge and the citizens' support for her

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

4. For what reason does Orual delay her trip to the Mountain to bury Psyche?
(a) Her fear that Psyche is dead will be confirmed.
(b) She wants to wait for better weather.
(c) She has no one to accompany her.
(d) Her life will be meaningless after the burial.

5. What do the grateful citizens of Glome do for Psyche that concerns Orual?
(a) They build her an altar in the Temple of Ungit.
(b) They make ritual sacrifices at her marriage.
(c) They compare her to Aphrodite and Helen.
(d) They leave offerings for her that are supposed to be special to Ungit.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Orual describes Bardia's statement that "If a man was blind and she weren't the King's daughter, she'd make him a good wife," as. . .

3. Why does Orual resist the "tyrannically" strong urge to re-cross the river and forgive Psyche?

4. What happens to Tarin?

5. Why does the palace fade before Orual's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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