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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many floating islands does Ransom count at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

2. What is the prevailing color of the atmosphere as Random approached the surface of Venus?
(a) Golden or coppery.
(b) Silvery or shiny.
(c) Blueish.
(d) Redish.

3. How many acres is the plateau where the immense piers of rock rest?
(a) 8 acres.
(b) 10 acres.
(c) Perhaps 7 acres.
(d) About 5 acres.

4. During what Earth period might the language of Surnibur have developed?
(a) Triassic.
(b) Ordovician.
(c) Cambrian.
(d) Jurassic.

5. In Chapter 2, what do the narrator and Ransom eat for supper?
(a) Fish and chips.
(b) Toast and kippers.
(c) Sandwich, tea, and cookie.
(d) Cold meat, beer, and tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Maleldil born a man?

2. What does the narrator pass on his way to Ransom’s cottage?

3. How far back does the Un-man stagger when Ransom hits him for torturing a creature?

4. What does Ransom find to eat on the fixed land?

5. Who does Ransom hear speaking when he awakes at the end of Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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