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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the prophecy Oyarsa alluded to with Ransom?
(a) That Ransom and the narrator would change the future of earth
(b) That Ransom would travel to other planets
(c) That Ransom would become a famous professor
(d) it was about dramatic events taking place in the near future

3. Why doesn't Oyarsa want to kill Weston?
(a) He doesn't believe in killing
(b) There is no capital punishment on Malacandra
(c) He is reluctant to kill Weston because he is not from Malacandra
(d) He hasn't decided if Weston has done enough wrong to merit killing

4. What bothers Ransom about describing earth to the hross?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) Comparing the violence and warfare of earth to this peaceful planet

5. After Weston and Devine are taken from Oyarsa 's presence what happens to Ransom?
(a) He returns to the place where he spent the night
(b) Ransom and Oyarsa spend the day in conversation
(c) He is taken back to the space ship
(d) He returns to Augray's tower

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Hyoi talking to the day he and Ransom met?

2. What happens when the three men enter the water to join the sorns on the other shore?

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

4. What do Ransom and the narrator want to do with the prophecy?

5. What happens before Hyoi can turn the boat around and head back?

(see the answer key)

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