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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Psyche's biggest fear for the King at the end of the chapter is. . .
(a) that he should prevent her from fighting.
(b) that he should find she has been acting as Queen.
(c) that he should live.
(d) that he should die and leave her alone.

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

3. After Orual frees the Fox, she convinces herself that he will leave her. Why?
(a) He loves his own family more than her.
(b) He is angry at her for keeping him a slave so long.
(c) He never loved her, only Psyche.
(d) He fears and loathes her now that she is Queen.

4. What does Orual see in the faces of the people of Glome as they gathered in the streets?
(a) They truly believe in her as Queen.
(b) They seem hopeful for the first time in years.
(c) They do not care for her, only for a free show or an oddity.
(d) They disapprove of her, and find the fight distasteful.

5. The story the old priest relays implies that
(a) Orual could not guess the answer to the gods' riddle and so was destroyed.
(b) Psyche was jealous of her sisters.
(c) Orual knew that Psyche's husband was a god, but destroyed her happiness out of jealousy.
(d) The sisters had no clear signs from the gods.

6. What does Orual realize about her complaint after she has delivered it to the gods?
(a) She has been reading it over and over again from start to finish.
(b) The gods would never let her finish it.
(c) The gods have deceived her into thinking there is no answer.
(d) It was not her complaint, but someone else's.

7. The rite of the Year's birth represents
(a) Man's
(b) The new priest's Greek philosophies.
(c) Ungit's birth from earth.
(d) The end of Ungit's reign.

8. When Orual learns of Batta's behavior toward other slaves, she. . .
(a) sells Batta to Phars.
(b) marries Batta off to a good man.
(c) orders Batta out of Glome.
(d) orders Batta hanged.

9. That Orual's father reveals she is Ungit is an example of . . .
(a) point of View.
(b) allusion.
(c) irony.
(d) hyperbole.

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

11. For the first time, Orual feels what emotion behind her veil?
(a) Guilt
(b) Fear
(c) Love
(d) Power

12. What is the difference between Bardia's belief about Psyche's lover and the Fox's belief?
(a) Bardia's belief is wrong, while the Fox's is correct.
(b) Bardia's belief is religious, and the Fox's belief is based on Greek mythology.
(c) Bardia's belief rests on superstition while the Fox's rests on logic.
(d) Bardia simply sees a need for revenge, and the Fox disagrees.

13. Psyche cannot even imagine hiding her plan from her husband because. . .
(a) she is afraid to make him angry.
(b) she wants Orual to believe she is brave.
(c) she believes he would want her to see him.
(d) she is honorable and loves her husband.

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

15. Orual believes that she has proven what?
(a) The gods hate her and want to punish her.
(b) The gods do not exist.
(c) Psyche deserves to be exiled.
(d) Psyche never loved her.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she finally grows sick of the routine of her days in Glome, Orual. . .

2. Orual's successor as ruler of Glome will be:

3. Orual expresses amazement that the people of Glome

4. Why does Orual believe she cannot change her soul from an ugly one into a beautiful one?

5. In the old priest's story of Psyche, the goddess is finally. . .

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