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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Meldilorn, home of Oyarsa , look like when Ransom first views it?
(a) A city of towers
(b) It is a sloping island in a circular lake
(c) A city made mostly out of crystals
(d) A small village, though larger than Hyoi's village

2. Because of the point of view of the story, the reader knows:
(a) that Weston thinks Ransom is highly intelligent
(b) that Ransom is on his way to Malacandra
(c) only what Ransom knows
(d) that Ransom is about to be sacrificed to the sun god

3. What does Ransom hear when he regains consciousness?
(a) Plates being set on the table
(b) Weston and Devine discussing preparations for a trip
(c) Weston talking to Harry's mother
(d) The breaking of waves on the ocean beach

4. What is all over the ground on the planet?
(a) Red and gold leaves
(b) Black moss
(c) Green slime
(d) A pinkish foliage

5. After Devine questions Ransom, what does he learn?
(a) Ransom is on a walking tour, of which no one knows
(b) Ransom plans to retire and write a book on Swahili
(c) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise
(d) Ransom quit his job at Cambridge

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hyoi tell Ransom about the eldil?

2. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?

3. What happens to the center of gravity on the ship as they near the planet?

4. What does Ransom do when he finally stops for a moment?

5. As they land, what does Random come to believe about planets?

(see the answer key)

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