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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ransom give Weston after he has some sort of fit?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

4. What day of the week does the narrator travel to see Ransom?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

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

6. 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) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

7. As Random is moved about in the ocean, what color clouds come between him and the sky?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Blue.
(c) Azure.
(d) Purple.

8. How many miles has Weston travelled to reach Venus?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 1 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 40 billion.

9. What is Ransom doing when the Green Lady comments on his facial expression?
(a) Frowning.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Smiling.

10. In Chapter 3, who argues against the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the human body?
(a) Robins.
(b) McPhee.
(c) McAee.
(d) Roberts.

11. What does the Green Lady do when she looks at Ransom?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Yells.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cries.

12. How many languages are on Mars?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

14. About what size are the creatures the Green Lady named Ransom after?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Puppies.
(c) Kittens.
(d) Goats.

15. When Ransom awakes at the beginning of Chapter 8, where does he think he is?
(a) Earth.
(b) Mars.
(c) Venus.
(d) Morning star.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people did Ransom love on Malacandra?

2. What does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?

3. What color are the rock pillars that Ransom and the Lady climb?

4. How old was Weston when he began to pay attention to biology?

5. What is the coffin-like object for?

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