Out of the Silent Planet | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. The nameless pedestrian who is walking along an English lane is called:

Edwin Ransom

2. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:

Harry

3. The name of the place where the simple-minded boy is being held and which Ransom finds to be an uninviting place:

The Rise

4. At the location in question #3, Ransom meets a former schoolmate whose name is:

Devine

5. The second man, who is an accomplice to the man in question #4 and who is a physicist.

Weston

6. Ransom is a professor of:

philology or languages

7. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?

Harry's mother

8. Why is she concerned about Harry?

He is late returning home from working at The Rise

9. What does...
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