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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 did Davy call the farmhouse she and Van lived in while waiting for the Grey Goose to be built?

2. What part of Davy first caught Van's attention?

3. What happened when Davy remembered mocking people for having religious faith?

4. Why did Van and Davy believe there is a creator of the universe?

5. How did reading C.S. Lewis' work make Davy feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did C.S. Lewis say he favors Christianity to other world religions?

3. What was Davy and Van's wedding like?

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

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

6. What did Van and Davy do when they invited people over to their apartment near Oxford?

7. How did Van react the first time he returns to Glenmerle?

8. What did Van and Davy decide to do after leaving their first year at Oxford?

9. How did Van say he was awakened to his emotions?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the role of intellectual communities in this book? How are they formed? What do they do? How do these communities affect the individuals and their story?

Essay Topic 3

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

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