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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. As Ransom chases the Un-man through the wood, why do they pass branches that are bowed down?
(a) Tree-pigs are sleeping in the branches.
(b) The branches are broken.
(c) The branches are heavy with fruit.
(d) Wallabies are sleeping in the branches.

2. Where did Ransom get wounded?
(a) In a car wreck.
(b) During a childhood accident.
(c) In a train wreck.
(d) During the last war.

3. What type of creatures does the narrator call the eldila?
(a) Somatic.
(b) Hypersomatic.
(c) Osmolaric.
(d) Molaric.

4. What would it be for the Lady to ask the King before she makes a decision to obey or disobey according to the Un-man?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Idiocy.
(c) Disloyalty.
(d) Selfishness.

5. How is the temptation on Perelandra going to be stopped?
(a) By Ransom.
(b) By Maleldil.
(c) By the Lady.
(d) By The King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Weston say is doing beastly things with masks on in the middle of the night?

2. In Chapter 14, what color light does Ransom finally see?

3. How far is Ransom to walk into the wood to sleep?

4. In a dream Weston had about being dead, where was he lying?

5. Where did Perelandra rise from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ransom see at the beginning of Chapter 13 as he rides the fish?

2. Why does Ransom realize that he is a miracle?

3. What does Ransom do as he waits for dawn in Chapter 14?

4. How is Ransom described by the eldila?

5. In what way is Ransom a stone that determines the course of a river?

6. How does Ransom feel after he eats some seaweed?

7. How does Ransom know that one of the eldila is the Oyarsa of Malacandra?

8. What image does Ransom see emerging from the stories told by the Un-man?

9. How do the sleep needs of Ransom, the Lady, and the Un-man vary?

10. After Ransom’s long sleep in the fire-lit cave, how does he feel?

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