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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ransom's new vitality is:
(a) because Devine has given him daily doses of concentrated vitamins
(b) because of the healthy food
(c) because of his elation at finally being in space
(d) due to being so near the sun's rays

2. How does Ransom feel when Weston and Devine open the manhole?
(a) Impatient to get out and see the planet
(b) Excited to be on a far away planet
(c) Homesick for earth
(d) Frightened at the thought of leaving the ship

3. Why does Ransom think about suicide?
(a) He figures he could mess up Devine's plan if he was dead
(b) He thinks it would be better than death at the hand of some terrible beast
(c) He is depressed
(d) He's very home sick and fears he'll never see earth again

4. Ransom is a professor of:
(a) astronomy
(b) sociology
(c) philology or languages
(d) herbology

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an hnakra and its relationship to the hross?

2. What does Ransom hear as he runs through the forest?

3. Who are the pfifltriggi?

4. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?

5. Why is Ransom confused as he climbs through the mountain pass?

(see the answer key)

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