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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(b) hearing a refridgerator running
(c) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(d) in some sort of airship

2. Devine leaves Ransom supposedly to go into the kitchen to get what?
(a) ham sandwiches
(b) cheese and crackers
(c) chicken noodle soup
(d) Soda water

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

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

5. The shape of the ship, as Weston explains, is:
(a) square
(b) a sphere
(c) cylindrical
(d) hexangonal

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is she concerned about Harry?

2. What does Ransom contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 6?

3. The character in question #1 meets a woman who is searching for her simple-minded son, whose name is:

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

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

(see the answer key)

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