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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thought is unexpectedly bothering Orual?
(a) She is bothered by thoughts of Bardia's wife.
(b) She is bothered by fear for her own safety.
(c) She is bothered by the fear that the King will catch her.
(d) She is bothered by the Fox's refusal to go up the Mountain.

2. What is ironic about Psyche's treatment of Orual when she sees Orual's bruises?
(a) She begins to comfort Orual as though Orual were the victim.
(b) She does not want Orual to visit her.
(c) She is as cruel as the King.
(d) She insists that Orual take her place in the sacrifice.

3. The King does not believe Orual loves Psyche because. . .
(a) Psyche is Redival's daughter.
(b) Psyche is Orual's step-daughter.
(c) Orual and Psyche are only half-sisters.
(d) Redival is Psyche's daughter.

4. Psyche's appearance at the beginning of the chapter suggests
(a) She has been badly beaten.
(b) She is no longer sane.
(c) She is starving and cold.
(d) She has not suffered.

5. What news does the King deliver to his daughters and the Fox while they are studying?
(a) He is at war with the King of Phars.
(b) He is to marry the third daughter of the King of Caphad.
(c) He is at war with the King of Caphad.
(d) He is to marry the third daughter of the King of Phars.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bardia suggests they sleep back to back to ward off the cold, Orual. . .

2. Orual feels an urgency to escape the Mountain. Why?

3. What thoughts does Orual repress when resolving to save Psyche?

4. How does Orual attempt to overcome Bardia?

5. The color gray Lewis uses to describe the mist, the palace, and everything around it suggests what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bardia eventually allow Orual into Psyche's room?

2. What is Redival's purpose in visiting the temple so frequently?

3. What does Orual believe is the true reason the gods have tried to give her such feelings of happiness on her journey, and why does she refuse to accept these feelings?

4. Describe the reasons Orual is prevented from seeing Pscyhe for a final time at her burial.

5. Why is Bardia the guard at Psyche's door?

6. How are people's attitudes changing toward Psyche?

7. Why is Orual contemptuous of men?

8. What does Orual mean by "And my struggle began," after they pass out of sight of the mountain?

9. Why does the King begin to use the Fox as an advisor?

10. What "deaths" does Psyche list for Orual as a part of a mortal life?

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