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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom hear when he gets into the backyard of the Rise?
(a) He becomes aware of a scuffling sound and sharp voices
(b) A mule braying
(c) The barking of dogs
(d) Two men singing a walking song

2. The name of the place where the simple-minded boy is being held and which Ransom finds to be an uninviting place:
(a) The Eyrie
(b) Jackson Hallows
(c) The Rise
(d) Barren Heights

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

4. What are the walls made of?
(a) plastic
(b) metal
(c) wood
(d) cloth

5. The walls of the ship seem to shift constantly because:
(a) the walls are flexible rubber
(b) they are on drugs and it only seems that the walls are shifting
(c) the center of the sphere is always down while they are in space
(d) the walls are made of liquid

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ransom comes to from being drugged, he tries to escape but is unable because:

2. The second man, who is an accomplice to the man in question #4 and who is a physicist.

3. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:

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

5. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?

(see the answer key)

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