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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 quit his job at Cambridge
(d) Ransom lives down the street from the Rise

2. Weston treats Ransom with contempt because:
(a) Weston feels superior to Ransom
(b) Weston thinks Ransom is too old for space travel
(c) Weston knows Ransom is a philanderer
(d) Weston knows Ransom cheated in college

3. Ransom wakes in a strange room that can be described how?
(a) There is a smell of roses
(b) One of the walls is warm
(c) The table and chairs are built for giants
(d) The walls are covered in fur

4. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:
(a) Harry
(b) George
(c) Jimbo
(d) John

5. The effect of weightlessness is countered by:
(a) a weight belt
(b) an ionic deconverter
(c) magnetic boots
(d) pressurization

Short Answer Questions

1. Weston believes that Ransom is incapable of what?

2. When Weston walks into Ransom's room, Weston is:

3. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?

4. The walls of the ship seem to shift constantly because:

5. The nameless pedestrian who is walking along an English lane is called:

(see the answer key)

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