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Out of the Silent Planet | Quiz

C. S. Lewis
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Out of the Silent Planet | Quiz

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1)

Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere? (from Chapter 6)

He feels powerless to help himself
He finally believes he'll never see earth again
He believes that his possible death is nearer
The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
2)

What has the narrator and Ransom been investigating? (from Chapter 22)

How space travel might be possible
The mystery of the connection between Earth and Malacandra
The similarities in the English and hross language
Ancient history that coincides with old earth Osarya
3)

How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole? (from Chapter 7)

Impatient to get out and see the planet
Frightened at the thought of leaving the ship
Excited to be on a far away planet
Homesick for earth
4)

What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow? (from Chapter 6)

The light of the religion on Malacandra
The dark place where he will be taken
The fact that he will travel in space again very soon
The actual account of the solar system he will learn on Malacandra
5)

What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating? (from Chapter 7)

Carry the chairs to the hut
Wash up in the water
They push Ransom closer to the edge of the water
Clear the table
6)

What is a handramit? (from Chapter 10)

A glove that the hross wears when fishing
A steep, straight canyon
The handrail on the hross's boat
The basket the hross in which the hross carries his food
7)

How did the narrator learn of the story? (from Chapter 22)

He ran into Weston and Weston told him
He was an old friend of Ransom's
He was there when the space ship landed
From Ransom after writing him a letter asking about a Latin word
8)

What does Ransom do in the postscript? (from Postscript)

Talk about the Oyarsa of Malacandra
Elaborates on the way the space ship operated
Ransom offers some corrections and expands on some of the descriptions in the story
Confesses that it is a true story, not fiction
9)

What does he see following behind the herd of creatures? (from Chapter 9)

A stalking lion looking animal
A human like person with a shepard's crook
Weston
A sorn
10)

How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship? (from Chapter 7)

Drugs him so that he is able to walk but only slowly
Handcuffs him
He holds a revolver on him
Threatens to leave him there with no hope of returning to earth
11)

What subjects about earth interest the sorns? (from Chapter 16)

They want to know about the different types of animals
They as about computers and electricity
They want to know what kind of food we grow
They question Ransom at great length about the Earth and its geology, life forms, politics and history
12)

Who are the pfifltriggi? (from Chapter 11)

Another race of people on the planet
The council of elders under Oyarsa
The slaves of the hross
Small, dwarf like humanoid creatures who live on the ocean
13)

What is all over the ground on the planet? (from Chapter 7)

Black moss
A pinkish foliage
Green slime
Red and gold leaves
14)

What happens to the three dead hross? (from Chapter 19)

Pfifltriggi touches each body with a crystal and the bodies disappear in a flash of blinding light
He tells the bearers to return the dead hross to their families
They are laid on a bier and burned
Caskets are brought out to place them in
15)

When the ship enters Malacandra's orbit how does Ransom feel upon wakening? (from Chapter 6)

As if life has completely changed for him
Disoriented and groggy
That his death is imminent
His fear becomes almost invigorating to him
16)

Where can the eldil go? (from Chapter 15)

They are able to move through time and space
They can't go anywhere if it's cloudy
They cannot go more than a few miles from water
They can only go a certain distance from Oyarsa
17)

What does the Oyarsa order when it's obvious Weston is not going to believe in his existence? (from Chapter 19)

Oyarsa orders Weston to be taken away to have his head dunked in cold water
He orders him off the island
He orders him to be put in chains
He orders him to kneel
18)

What happens to Hyoi as they rest in the boat next to the hnakra's body? (from Chapter 13)

A water snake wraps around his ankle and bites him
He falls out of the boat on top of the hnakra and they laugh
He is shot by Weston and Devine and dies
All the other hross come and pay him homage
19)

What did the Osarya prophesied to Ransom? (from Chapter 21)

That Ransom will meet the woman he marries when he returns
That contact with Thulcandra will be open again soon, and they may meet again one day
That Ransom will become a great world leader on earth
That Ransom will live to be 110 years old
20)

What is the postscript on this novel? (from Postscript)

It's the papers Ransom has published on the Malacandra language
An excerpt from a letter by Ransom to Lewis, the narrator
It's to tell of a few events that wasn't put in the book
It's a warning to the world
21)

What are the first type of creatures Ransom sees as he wanders the forest? (from Chapter 9)

He doesn't see anything alive other than himself
A bird resembling a robin
A creature that looks much like a squirrel
Giraffe like animals eating off the tops of trees
22)

What does Ransom see before he sees the sorn? (from Chapter 14)

The sorn's shadow on the wall
A stream running through the cave
An eldil
Crystal rocks
23)

What does Thulcandra mean to the hross? (from Chapter 11)

The name of their God
The chief of their village
Silent planet
A type of animal used like a horse
24)

What does Augray show Ransom in the observatory? (from Chapter 15)

Hyoi's hross village
The city where Oyarsa lives
Earth, Thulcandra, the silent planet
Weston and Devine
25)

What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6? (from Chapter 6)

The nature of his fear and confronting the unknown
If Harry's mother will report him missing
Whether summer has started on earth
The amazement of landing on another planet
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