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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. To whose cottage do Vane and Raven go?
2. What library does Cat-Woman tell Vane to visit to learn about the Little Ones?
3. How do the prayers rise from the church?
4. What terrifies Vane Sr.?
5. Where does Raven say the skeletons are?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Raven say every human being has within?
2. What does Lona tell Vane about Little Ones and what is his response?
3. What does Raven call the place where Mr. Vane is and what odd things are there?
4. Why isn't Raven very accommodating to Vane?
5. What does Vane do that is an "awful duty"?
6. Describe Bulika.
7. Why does Vane go to Bulika?
8. How does Raven explain the sleepers?
9. Of what do the Little Ones warn Vane?
10. How are the sleepers described?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lilith is replete with symbols. Discuss the following:
1. Describe the garret and mirror and what each may symbolize. Do you think they are successful in what they may symbolize? Why or why not.
2. Describe the different leopards and discuss the symbolism of them.
3. Discuss Raven and why you think MacDonald may have chosen to name Adam as Raven. It will probably be helpful to research the various symbolic meanings often ascribed to the Raven.
Essay Topic 2
In chapter 4, when Vane objects to not being treated as a free agent, Raven claims that once he chooses to be free, he will be free, and adds that Vane is just beginning to become an individual. Likewise, one can only make a fool of oneself. Such riddles become the bane of Vane's existence. Discuss the following:
1. Discuss and analyze two riddles that occurs in Lilith. What do you think each riddle means? Why do you think Raven talks in riddles (at least in Vane's opinion) at times?
2. Many spiritual teachers are known to speak in parables, or something akin to riddles, to their followers. Why do you think parables and riddles are used so often as teaching tools for esoteric ideas?
3. Offer a reader-response to the use of riddles in Lilith. Do they frustrate you or intrigue you? Or a little of both? Give examples and explain your response to them.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 8, Vane examines some old papers. One thing written there is the sentence: "I know the outspread splendour a passing show ... it may... be lifted to reveal more wonderful things." Discuss the following:
1. Discuss the implication of the above quote as to the nature of reality.
2. The reality of the world into which Vane enters through the mirror is quite different from the "real" world which is composed of only three dimensions. Compare/contrast the properties of the "real" world (that which we live in) to the properties of the world Vane visits.
3. At the end of the book, Vane, Lona and the Little Ones are walking towards a City on top of a mountain. The suggestion is that this city is "heaven." Discuss how you think the world of this city may differ from both our earth and the world in which Bulika is set.
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