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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 had Robert not had "a spark of"?

2. What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life?

3. Whom does the narrator realize is leading of the two ghosts who meet Sarah?

4. What was Pam's husband's name?

5. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?

2. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

3. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?

4. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?

5. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?

6. What does Pam's brother tell her about the love of God? How must she change in order to see her son?

7. Where does the Bright Person tell Pam her son Michael is? Why can't she see him now?

8. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?

9. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?

10. Why does the Female Ghost encountered by the narrator and MacDonald say she wouldn't stay in Heaven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of love and lust in The Great Divorce. How are "defective love" and "lust" compared? How does the author exemplify this through parable?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the literary style of C. S. Lewis and the elements of style which are present in The Great Divorce. How do his choices of point of view, characterization, exposition, irony and foreshadowing affect the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lewis' use of irony in The Great Divorce. What are the three forms of irony? Give an example of each within the novel.

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