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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. What is the name of the sorn Ransom meets in the cave?
2. What has the narrator and Ransom been investigating?
3. When no one pays attention to Weston's threats or intimidations, what does he do?
4. What does Ransom find in the cavern he enters?
5. What does Meldilorn, home of Oyarsa , look like when Ransom first views it?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Osarya repond to Weston's speech?
2. Explain the history of earth (Thulcandra) and its relationship to Malacandra.
3. Why have Weston and Devine brought Ransom to Malacandra?
4. Who is brought in front of Oyarsa and what happens?
5. Describe a parallel between Ransom leaving to go to the mountains and the beginning of the book.
6. Who begins speaking in Chapter 22? How did he learn of Ransom?
7. What happens with the three dead hross?
8. Describe the hross' relationship with the hnakra.
9. What does Ransom find at the edge of the grove? Describe it.
10. What does the hross have to say about war on Malacandra?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In all books characters are never all good or all bad, which reflects the reality of being human. What do you see as Weston, Devine and Ransom's good characteristics? What do you see as their flaws? Would you characterize Ransom as the "good guy" and Weston and Devine as the "bad guys," or do you see their characters as being a mix?
Essay Topic 3
In returning to earth the men do not have enough air to get home safely. They have to detour due to the moon, yet they manage to land the craft. Did the eldil or Osarya intervene to keep them safe? That seems to be the implication. Write about an incident in your life or someone you know who has escaped great harm by what they or you believe was Divine Intervention.
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