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The Great Divorce | Quiz

C. S. Lewis
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The Great Divorce | Quiz

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1)

Why does Dick tell the Ghost he was sent to Hell? (from Chapter 5)

He was lustful.
He was greedy.
He beat his wife.
He's an apostate.
2)

What, according to MacDonald, can a horse not sympathize with? (from Chapter 14)

A man.
A rat.
A roach.
An angel.
3)

What has the narrator begun to walk upon in Chapter 3? (from Chapter 6)

The river.
The grass.
The air.
The ocean.
4)

Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?" (from Chapter 5)

MacDonald.
Dick.
The Fat Man.
The Episcopal Ghost.
5)

What does Ikey end up putting in his pocket after much difficulty? (from Chapter 6)

A bottle.
A cherry.
The smallest apple.
The largest apple.
6)

What does the narrator wonder that the whole trip of the Ghosts might be for in Chapter 8? (from Chapter 8)

To cherish them.
To mock them.
To save them.
To torture them.
7)

Why does MacDonald explain that Sarah couldn't go to Hell? (from Chapter 14)

She didn't want to.
She was too ungrateful.
She wasn't allowed.
She couldn't fit.
8)

What are the small creatures on the table representative of in Chapter 14? (from Chapter 14)

God.
The Devil.
The Great Figures.
Anger and Joy.
9)

What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost say that rain would feel like if it were to fall? (from Chapter 7)

Water.
Glass.
Heaven.
Machine-gun pellets.
10)

How far does the narrator make it walking for an hour in Chapter 6? (from Chapter 6)

One kilometer.
Three feet.
200 yards.
100 yards.
11)

What does Pam say she'd be perfectly happy if she had? (from Chapter 11)

God.
Heaven.
Love.
Michael.
12)

Who says, "Can't you understand anything? Do you really suppose I'm going out there among all those people, like this?" (from Chapter 8)

The Well-Dressed Ghost.
MacDonald.
The Tragedian.
The Dwarf.
13)

What grows around the tree preventing Ikey from touching the tree? (from Chapter 6)

Rosebushes.
Lilies.
Vines.
Hawthorn bushes.
14)

What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times? (from Chapter 12)

"Lying dead at my feet."
"Leaving me."
"Wallowing in my own shame."
"Crying for her."
15)

What does Dick ask the Episcopal Ghost to do? (from Chapter 5)

Go back to Earth.
Go back to Hell.
Write about his journey.
Repent and believe.
16)

What does the Female Ghost say that Robert was when hosting parties? (from Chapter 10)

A wet blanket.
A storyteller.
A great host.
A rogue.
17)

What does the Dwarf ask of Sarah? (from Chapter 12)

If she missed him.
If she left him.
If she hated him.
If she loved him.
18)

Who wrote, "Tis better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven?" (from Chapter 9)

C. S. Lewis.
Satan.
Milton.
MacDonald.
19)

What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life? (from Chapter 13)

His hatred.
His misery.
His love.
His rage.
20)

What is on the table in Chapter 14? (from Chapter 14)

Candy.
Chessmen.
Gold.
Cards.
21)

Whose job is it, according to the Hard-Bitten Ghost, to find something that doesn't "bore us"? (from Chapter 7)

The Devil's.
God's.
Our own.
The Management's.
22)

Robert could not work more than how many hours a day? (from Chapter 10)

Thirteen.
Two.
Sixteen.
Five.
23)

What does the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her? (from Chapter 8)

To help her sleep.
To take her to her husband.
To leave her alone.
To take her to the mountain.
24)

What did the Female Ghost keep as a way to make her husband exercise? (from Chapter 10)

A bicycle.
A guitar.
A great Dane.
A horse.
25)

What kind of sins do Dick and the Ghost speak about? (from Chapter 5)

Intellectual sins.
Cardinal sins.
Sins of the flesh.
Minor sins.
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