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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how many islands are making a temporary continent?

2. Where does the narrator leave the railway station?

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

4. What language is Weston able to speak when he arrives on Perelandra?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the Green Lady name Ransom after?

3. What type of bird wakes Ransom in Chapter 5?

4. Describe the thunderstorm.

5. What are bubble-trees?

6. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

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

8. What are some of the creatures that Ransom sees when he rides a sliver fish in Chapter 8?

9. Why does Lewis struggle so when he walks to Ransom’s home?

10. Why doesn’t Ransom leave the fixed land with the Lady?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ransom feels a sense of unbearable pressure when he first talks with the Lady. How does the pressure make Ransom feel? What sense of someone else being present is felt by Ransom? Does the pressure go away when the Lady leaves? How does he describe the pressure? How does Ransom find a way to alleviate the pressure?

Essay Topic 2

Ransom does not want to accept the role of savior of Perelandra. Why doesn’t Ransom believe he is qualified to be a savior? What does he think are the qualities of a savior? What does he begin to realize about the role of a savior? How does he come to accept his role?

Essay Topic 3

The eldila seem to be servants of Maleldil. In what way do the eldila serve Maleldil? Do the eldila have an appearance like Maledil? What is the job of the eldila? What does Ransom compare the eldila to? Why are they comparable to angels? Do they have a physical form? What characteristics do they possess? In what way do they rule their planets?

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