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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. Why was Ransom kidnapped, according to the Oyarsa?
2. What does Augray say about Oyarsa?
3. Why have they decided to present the story as fiction?
4. What do the stone monuments show Ransom?
5. What does the hross tell Ransom to do when they arrive on the island?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Augray, the sorn, and Ransom talk about while eating?
2. Describe Ransom's first view of Meldilorn.
3. Besides collecting gold, what is Weston's motivation for coming to Malacandra?
4. Why have Weston and Devine brought Ransom to Malacandra?
5. What does Ransom find at the edge of the grove? Describe it.
6. How does the Osarya repond to Weston's speech?
7. How does Ransom feel about going with Hyoi on the hunt for the hnakra? What does he want to prove?
8. Who begins speaking in Chapter 22? How did he learn of Ransom?
9. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.
10. Who is brought in front of Oyarsa and what happens?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing Weston's plans for conquering other planets and killing off their population, to make room for humans, and what has happen on this planet as people cleared out the earth of many animals to make use of the land for ourselves. Are they similar? Do the animals deserve more, less or the same consideration as inhabitants of another planet? Is this planet enriched or impoverished because of the number of extinct animals?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay comparing Weston's ideas of conquering other planets with America's treatment of the American Indian. How are they similar? Different? Would you consider one to be more immoral than the other?
Essay Topic 3
Out of the Silent Planet is an allegory. It is supposed to represent the creation of earth, the fall of the angels from heaven and the fall of humans. Describe parts of the book that you believe correspond to these events.
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