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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Weston treats Ransom with contempt because:

2. What bothers Ransom about describing earth to the hross?

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

4. What does Ransom do when he sits down for a moment to rest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the three characters who have been introduced in this chapter.

2. Describe the room where Ransom wakes after being knocked out at the Rise, the house where he met Weston and Devine.

3. How does Ransom escape and where does he go?

4. Once Ransom settles into the routine of space travel how does he feel?

5. Describe the ship as Ransom sees it.

6. How does Ransom feel about the conversation?

7. What kind of information do Weston and Devine seek from Ransom when he first meets them in chapter one?

8. How does Ransom figure out they are in space?

9. What does Ransom's dream foretell?

10. Describe the delusion Ransom is experiencing in the forest.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this book the eldil communicate mind to mind, which on this earth is called telepathy. A number of psychic powers have been named on this planet. Telepathy, the ability to communicate mind to mind; Clairvoyance - the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses; Precognition - clairvoyance relating to an event or state not yet experienced; Mediumship - the ability to communicate with the dead. These are a few of the so called psychic abilities.

Write an essay about how you feel about psychic phenomena. Do you believe it's possible? Why or Why not? Have you ever experienced it? If so, in what way?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the mating habits of the hross with human ones. Which do you think is better? Discuss why something that is precious, such as gold, is precious due to its scarcity. What would this have to do with the hross's mating patterns?

Essay Topic 3

On Malacandra, the hross, Hyoi, says he can't think of any reason for the three peoples of Malacondra to wage war. What might be reasons that war starts in this world? What circumstances and ideas on Malacandra seem to preclude war as an option there? What do you think might be necessary for war to end on this world, given what Malacandra was described as being like?

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