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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Weston believes that Ransom is incapable of what?
(a) Returning to earth without his help
(b) Understanding the mechanics of the ship
(c) Understanding the lofty motives of this voyage
(d) Learning to speak Malacandran

2. What about earth amazes the sorns the most?
(a) The fact that earth has no Oyarsa
(b) Ransom's description of war, slavery and other parts of human history astonish the sorns
(c) His talk of money and banking
(d) Ransom's description of big cities, like London

3. What happens to the temperature of the ship as they enter the gravity of Malacandra?
(a) The temperature stays the same
(b) The temperature changes intemittently from hot to cold
(c) The temperature drops
(d) It becomes hotter

4. Who is Oyarsa?
(a) The head of the sorn
(b) Their military leader
(c) The head teacher in the village
(d) The ruler of the planet

5. How does Ransom spend his time during the next few weeks?
(a) Learning how to run the ship
(b) Playing cribbage with Devine
(c) Exercising with weights
(d) Looking at the amazing sights from his skylight and listening to the tinkling of tiny meteors on the hull of the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Oyarsa asks Ransom?

2. What does Ransom notice about the room in which he wakes?

3. How do the hross view death?

4. Why does Ransom feel relieved when he wakes in Augray's tower?

5. When Ransom approaches a small cottage looking for a possible place to spend the night, who does he meet?

(see the answer key)

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