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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. After he gets off the bus, what does the narrator try to pick?
2. What does the ghost by the tree refer to the idea of staying?
3. How long does it take Ikey to reach the great tree as the narrator watches?
4. Who comes to sit next to the narrator on the bus?
5. What does the Big Man repeatedly insist on getting?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Hard-Bitten Ghost respond to the narrator's suggestion that they will grow more solid as they acclimate to Heaven?
2. What does the narrator want to do at the river? How does this work out?
3. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?
4. What does the Bright Person ask the ghost of the Fat Man about his father? What does the ghost say the Bright Person was wrong about?
5. What does the place appear as when the narrator gets off the bus?
6. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?
7. What happens to the Short Man in the line next to the narrator?
8. How does the Big Man reply when the solid person offers him help up the mountain? What does the solid person try to convince him of?
9. What did the two chaps find when they set out to look for Napoleon?
10. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is "Speculative Fiction?" How is The Great Divorce a part of this genre? Who coined the phrase and how is Speculative Fiction differentiated from Science Fiction or Fantasy?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the use of imagery in The Great Divorce. In your answer, define the terms simile and metaphor. Give examples of each.
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