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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Barren Heights
(c) The Rise
(d) Jackson Hallows

2. What is on the other side of the wall?
(a) A herd of cattle
(b) Darkness and some strange creatures
(c) Another house with lights on
(d) Mountains

3. What does Ransom's thoughts about space foreshadow?
(a) The dark place where he will be taken
(b) The light of the religion on Malacandra
(c) The fact that he will travel in space again very soon
(d) The actual account of the solar system he will learn on Malacandra

4. Who is Ransom talking to near the end of the chapter?
(a) Himself
(b) His father
(c) The tree he's leaning against
(d) Some fish he sees swimming in the stream

5. What does the ship run on, as explained by Weston?
(a) geothermal energy
(b) hydrogen
(c) nuclear power
(d) solar radiation

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Ransom take on the ship?

2. When the center of gravity shifts during approach to Malacandra what to the men do?

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

4. Ransom's new vitality is:

5. What happens to Ransom on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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