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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. The citizens of Glome believe in which gods?
(a) Ungit and the god of the Grey Mountain
(b) Ungit and the river god Shennit
(c) Ungit and Anchises
(d) Ungit and Aphrodite

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. . .
(a) the cruellest thing anyone had ever said about her.
(b) the nearest thing to a love-speech ever made to her.
(c) a proposal of marriage.
(d) a challenge to her honor.

3. Why does the Fox not believe a god would take Psyche for his bride?
(a) The Divine Nature would forbid it.
(b) Gods and humans detest each other.
(c) The universe, or Divine Nature, still wants revenge for Psyche's blasphemy.
(d) The universe, or Divine Nature, does not have human inclinations.

4. While Redival professes to grieve for the King and celebrate Orual's succession, she is primarily concerned that. . .
(a) Orual should allow her to leave Glome.
(b) Orual should share the throne with her.
(c) Orual should find her a good husband.
(d) Orual should appoint her an advisor.

5. When Orual shuts the windows against the chains' weeping sound, she is symbolically. . .
(a) closing the door on her role as Queen.
(b) denying her love for Psyche.
(c) refusing to let the world into her room.
(d) wishing for escape from the castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will the King not hear the Fox's solutions?

2. What potential problem is rising between Redival and Psyche?

3. For what reason does Orual delay her trip to the Mountain to bury Psyche?

4. Before the birth of King Trom's third child, the atmosphere of the castle is. . .

5. Why does Orual feel "as if a soft, cold hand had been laid" on her left side when the Fox calls Psyche "prettier than Aphrodite herself"?

(see the answer key)

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