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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. Who did Van write for after the War?

2. What composer did Van and Davy enjoy listening to at St. Ebbe's?

3. What did Van and Davy call themselves instead of husband and wife?

4. How long had it been since Van left when he returned to Glenmerle for the first time?

5. Where did Van and Davy live during their first year at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Davy and Van decide to live at sea?

2. Why did Van and Davy choose to attend St. Ebbe's?

3. What did Van say happened when he decided to seek the highest of emotions?

4. How did Davy and Van protect themselves from "creeping separateness?"

5. How did C.S. Lewis respond to Van's desire for the presence of God to be obvious?

6. Why did Van and Davy call their love the "pagan love"?

7. What did Van and Davy do as soon as the war ended?

8. How did Van say spending a year in Kensington changed him?

9. What ground rules did Davy and Van create before getting married?

10. Why did Davy feel guilty after the man in the park exposed himself to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine three ways that Lewis is shown as a religious hero. How does the author portray Lewis is this way?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Van's poetry. Choose three of Van's poems and discuss their literary value, purpose, and devices used in each poem.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Glenmerle plays a role in the development of Van as a person and the plot of this book.

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