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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Fox describes Psyche as which of the following?
(a) Other-worldly
(b) According to Nature
(c) Outside of Nature
(d) Proper

2. When does Orual first understand that she is ugly?
(a) When the King tells her Redival is prettier.
(b) When the King implies that her face will frighten his new bride.
(c) When the priest insists she wear his bird mask.
(d) When the priest insists she wear a veil in front of him.

3. The Fox is told to tutor the girls for which of the following reasons?
(a) He is to teach the girls about foreign lands.
(b) He is to repay a debt to the king.
(c) He is to teach Redival to be wise since she will never be beautiful.
(d) He is to practice tutoring the girls until the king has a son.

4. Before the King can banish the Fox to the mines, what event intercedes?
(a) Orual and the Fox run away.
(b) Messenger from Caphad declares war.
(c) Messengers from Phars arrive to meet with the King.
(d) The Fox poisons himself.

5. Who comes to the palace backed by an "army"?
(a) The king
(b) Batta
(c) The Priest
(d) Ungit

Short Answer Questions

1. Orual describes Psyche's youth as her own "best times" for which reason?

2. Which of the following is a reason why the narrator does not fear the gods will punish her for writing her book?

3. Which of the following is not a way in which Glome suffered?

4. Why is the Fox not downcast about being a slave?

5. In the Fox's story of Aphrodite and Anchises, why does Aphrodite have to "dim her glory?"

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