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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom imagine Oyarsa to be?
(a) A sorn or a God
(b) A judge who will punish him for Hyoi's death
(c) A mixture of all three races on Malacandra
(d) A human

2. What does Oyarsa say of the history of earth?
(a) That earth and Malacandra used to share a religion
(b) Thulcandra once had an Oyarsa, but he turned bad. He devastated the Earth's moon and brought extinction to the creatures of Malacandra
(c) That earth lost its Oyarsa because humans were bad
(d) That earth was dying and so their Oyarsa left

3. What does the Oyarsa order when it's obvious Weston is not going to believe in his existence?
(a) Oyarsa orders Weston to be taken away to have his head dunked in cold water
(b) He orders him off the island
(c) He orders him to kneel
(d) He orders him to be put in chains

4. How did the narrator learn of the story?
(a) He was there when the space ship landed
(b) He ran into Weston and Weston told him
(c) From Ransom after writing him a letter asking about a Latin word
(d) He was an old friend of Ransom's

5. What is the first question Oyarsa asks Ransom?
(a) Oyarsa asks Ransom what he is afraid of?
(b) Oyarsa asks Ransom why he has come to Malacandra
(c) Oyarsa asks Ransom where Weston and Devine are
(d) Oyarsa asks Ransom where he came from

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the hnakra beloved by the hross?

2. How do the hross view death?

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

4. When no one pays attention to Weston's threats or intimidations, what does he do?

5. What was the prophecy Oyarsa alluded to with Ransom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with the three dead hross?

2. Why have Weston and Devine brought Ransom to Malacandra?

3. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.

4. Besides collecting gold, what is Weston's motivation for coming to Malacandra?

5. What does Ransom do on the space ship during the return trip to earth?

6. What does Ransom find as he climbs the mountain pass? Describe the scene.

7. What does Augray, the sorn, and Ransom talk about while eating?

8. What does the hross have to say about war on Malacandra?

9. Who is brought in front of Oyarsa and what happens?

10. What is the narrator's purpose in writing this story?

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