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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Weston have clenched between his teeth?
(a) Stick.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Food.
(d) Glass.

3. Where did Ransom have to go?
(a) Reading.
(b) Bedford.
(c) Coventry.
(d) Cambridge.

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

5. How does Ransom know he is in the same valley where Weston became ill?
(a) He sees the spot where Weston laid.
(b) He finds some of Weston’s belongings.
(c) He recognizes a grove of trees.
(d) He sees Weston sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of language do Random and archon of Mars speak?

2. What is Ransom doing when the Green Lady comments on his facial expression?

3. What time of day does the narrator head for Ransom’s cottage?

4. As Ransom travels on the silver fish, how many phosphorescent creatures seem to be within sight at one time?

5. In Chapter 4, what color are the dragon’s wings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Green Lady name Ransom after?

2. How does Ransom describe the sea when he first is aware of it?

3. What does Ransom wonder about mythology?

4. What supplies has Weston brought?

5. What does Ransom find to eat in Chapter 8?

6. What is the narrator thinking as he walks to Ransom’s cottage?

7. What happens when Weston states that he calls the Force into himself completely?

8. What are the rules about the fixed land on Perelandra?

9. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

10. Why doesn’t Ransom eat two of the yellow fruits?

(see the answer keys)

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