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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?
(a) She nods and says "yes."
(b) She repeats the word “peace.”
(c) She says, “no.”
(d) She says, “maybe tomorrow.”

2. What language did Ransom learn in Malacandra?
(a) Hressa-Hlab.
(b) Esperanto.
(c) Quenya.
(d) Ket.

3. What emotion does Random feel when it begins raining?
(a) Delight.
(b) Fear.
(c) Terror.
(d) Pleasure.

4. What color darkness comes along with a marked drop in temperature when Random assumes a horizontal position as he approaches the surface of Venus?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

5. How far does the narrator walk from the train station to Ransom’s cottage?
(a) 3 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1/4 mile.
(d) 1/2 mile.

6. What color flowers cover the oval plateau where the immense piers of rock are?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

7. What color are the tree trunks where Weston sets up camp?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

8. In Chapter 4, what color are the dragon’s wings?
(a) Silvery gray.
(b) Silvery green.
(c) Bluish gold.
(d) Redish gold.

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

10. What type of language do Random and archon of Mars speak?
(a) Germanic.
(b) Polysyllabic.
(c) Teutonic.
(d) Romantic.

11. How long is the biggest of the silver fish?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 8 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 9 feet.

12. Where is Ransom going to be traveling?
(a) Perelandra.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Prinscambia.
(d) Princeton.

13. How is thunder described?
(a) As the roar of heaven.
(b) As temper.
(c) As the laugh of heaven.
(d) As anger.

14. Near what type of trees does the narrator turn left?
(a) Maple.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Beech.
(d) Oak.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far inland does Weston set up camp?

3. How does Ransom know he is in the same valley where Weston became ill?

4. What is the prevailing color of the atmosphere as Random approached the surface of Venus?

5. How close to the Lady’s island is the island that Ransom is on?

(see the answer keys)

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