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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Orual's plan to avoid war with Phars and still defeat Argan?
(a) She will use Trunia as bait for Argan, then kill them both.
(b) She will gather an army and storm Phars.
(c) She will challenge him herself to a single fight.
(d) She will send her armies to challenge Argan.

2. When Orual says "I did and I did and I did and what does it matter what I did," what is she implying?
(a) Her works as Queen never amounted to anything.
(b) Her works as Queen would be undone by the next King.
(c) Her works as Queen made her feel insignificant.
(d) Her works as Queen could not undo her sin against Psyche.

3. Why does "queening" suit Orual so well?
(a) She can control others' actions and decisions.
(b) She can concentrate wholly on her love for Bardia.
(c) She loses herself in her duties and forgets her sorrow over Psyche.
(d) She can be sure her subjects and slaves are loyal.

4. In Orual's stubbornness and pride, she says she learns what through her argument with Psyche?
(a) She learns that Psyche does not love her anymore.
(b) She learns that she does not have enough faith.
(c) She learns how one can hate those one loves.
(d) She learns that she has been wrong to disagree with Psyche.

5. Who recognizes Orual's grief and offers her an outlet through training at swords?
(a) Bardia
(b) The Fox
(c) The King
(d) Tarin

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orual sees her father through her Stepmother's eyes, she believes that his appearance will not. . .

2. When Orual grows angry at Psyche's attitude, Psyche responds by

3. When the Fox grows ill, what happens to Orual?

4. 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. . .

5. Orual believes that she has proven what?

(see the answer key)

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