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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 interests Polly most about the Hall of Images?

2. What expressions are seen on the faces at the beginning of the row of images?

3. Which of the following does Digory miss about his old home in the country?

4. What color are the rings

5. Where does Aunt Letty think that Jadis comes from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jadis want to travel to our world?

2. What surprises the children when they open the door and leave the tunnel?

3. What does Uncle Andrew do after he leaves his study and why?

4. What do they decide to do with the guinea pig and why?

5. Why does Polly start to believe that Uncle Andrew is not mad?

6. From the expressions on the faces of the images, what can be deduced about the history of the place they have found themselves in?

7. What are the first things that Digory sees when he comes out of the pool and how does he react?

8. What does Digory say that actually gets Uncle Andrew's full attention and why does it have this effect?

9. Why does Digory wish he was older (or bigger)?

10. How can Jadis travel out of her world even though she is not wearing a magic ring?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Magician's Nephew explores the theme of power, kingship and corruption. What points are raised by this text regarding this theme? Explain some ways that this theme is illustrated in the text and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

In many of C.S. Lewis's works, both fictional and non-fictional, selfishness and being self-centered is associated very strongly with evil. Explain some ways that this idea is illustrated in The Magician's Nephew.

Essay Topic 3

The Magician's Nephew has, as one of its key themes, the antithesis between life and death/destruction. Describe two or three ways that theme is illustrated in The Magician's Nephew. Which force is shown to predominate?

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