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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. How long does Ransom ride one of the silver fish in Chapter 8 before night falls?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) More than an hour.
(c) 180 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

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

3. How close to the Lady’s island is the island that Ransom is on?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 50 feet.
(c) 5 feet.
(d) 4 feets.

4. What does the narrator pass on his way to Ransom’s cottage?
(a) School.
(b) Daily farm.
(c) Abandoned church.
(d) Dead factory.

5. Who does Ransom hear speaking when he awakes at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) The Lady and the King.
(b) Weston and the Lady.
(c) Eldila.
(d) Maleldil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which world did Maleldil first take human form?

2. Instead of sky, what color dome does Random see?

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

4. How many miles has Ransom traveled from London?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Green Lady name Ransom after?

2. What are bubble-trees?

3. Describe the thunderstorm.

4. Why is the narrator going to see his friend Ransom?

5. In Chapter 8, why is it so important to Ransom that he find Weston?

6. Why isn’t Ransom home to greet the narrator?

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

8. Why doesn’t the narrator have anything to carry as he walks to Ransom’s cottage?

9. How will Ransom get to Perelandra?

10. What does Ransom see when he wakes in Chapter 4?

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