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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator come to envy as he begins exploring?
2. What do you have to do to build a house, according to the narrator's companion on the bus?
3. What does the narrator note about the other passengers when they exit the bus?
4. What color does one of the ghosts mention on the bus?
5. What is remarkable about the people who approach from the mountain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?
2. Describe the setting in which the narrator finds himself in at the beginning of the book.
3. What happens to the Short Man in the line next to the narrator?
4. What does the ghost of the Fat Man say when the Bright Person asks him to go to the mountains with him?
5. What is the ghost in the bushes doing? Who is this ghost?
6. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?
7. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?
8. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?
9. How does the Hard-Bitten Ghost respond to the narrator's suggestion that they will grow more solid as they acclimate to Heaven?
10. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of the narrator and MacDonald. How are these characters alike? How are they different? What are the traits of each?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the theme of "Free Will." What is the definition of this term? How does it apply to The Great Divorce? How does this theme tie into other themes in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the finals scenes the narrator encounters in The Great Divorce. What are the meanings of the symbols here? What does the table represent? The chess figures? How does this relate to the themes of the novel?
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