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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 subjects about earth interest the sorns?

2. After Weston and Devine are taken from Oyarsa 's presence what happens to Ransom?

3. Besides the three races Ransom has heard about, another race, now extinct, lived on Malacandra. What was it?

4. What does Ransom do with the knowledge he acquired on Malacandra?

5. Where can the eldil go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ransom's first view of Meldilorn.

2. What does Ransom find at the edge of the grove? Describe it.

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

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

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

6. What does the sorn and Ransom do when Ransom enters the cave?

7. Explain the history of earth (Thulcandra) and its relationship to Malacandra.

8. Describe a parallel between Ransom leaving to go to the mountains and the beginning of the book.

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

10. What happens with the three dead hross?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

In Out of the Silent Planet, C.S.Lewis has much to say about racism and judging people based on external differences.

1. Do you think Weston's attitude toward the inhabitants of Malacandra parallels discrimination or prejudice in this country? Explain the differences and similarities between Weston's thinking and groups today who pander hate. What are some of the minorities in this country? Give examples of prejudice that you may have witnessed or read about.

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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