Shadowlands | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1

1. In what country is the play set?

England.

2. In what decade is the play set?

1950s.

3. C.S. Lewis is also referred to by what name?

Jack.

4. What does C.S. Lewis enter with?

A newspaper.

5. How old is Lewis at the start of the play?

50s.

6. When Lewis enters, he begins to address whom?

The audience.

7. What topic does Lewis address in his first words?

Love.

8. What assertion does Lewis make about God?

God does not want us to be happy.

9. Lewis says that God uses what to break through the selfishness of our nature?

Suffering.

10. Lewis says that life is what?

A mere shadow of the next.

11. In what city does the play take place?

Oxford.

12. In the first scene, how many room are there?

2.

Act 1, Scene 2

1. Where does...
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