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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 MacDonald say is young?
2. What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life?
3. MacDonald says that of the Saved, what happens to them is best described as the opposite of what?
4. Where does MacDonald say that most of the Ghosts go for their "vacations"?
5. What does Sarah say that pity can be used as?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?
2. What is the appearance of the two ghosts whom Sarah encounters?
3. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?
4. What does Pam's brother tell her about the love of God? How must she change in order to see her son?
5. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?
6. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?
7. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?
8. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?
9. What are the approaching lights the narrator sees in Chapter 12? What are they doing? What is the song like that he hears?
10. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role that "pride" plays in The Great Divorce. Which characters are afflicted with the sin of pride? How? What does the author illuminate regarding pride as a sin? Does he have a "moral" regarding this subject?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the various conflicts in The Great Divorce. Which characters embody internal conflict? Where is external conflict illuminated? Where is the narrator's conflict established in the novel?
Essay Topic 3
From what point of view is the novel written? In what tense is it written? Define the terms which apply to these forms as discussed in class. In what ways does a narrative written in this point of view allow the reader greater understanding of the characters?
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