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

2. As Random is moved about in the ocean, what color clouds come between him and the sky?

3. How many floating islands does Ransom count at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What crosses the road in front of the narrator that makes him want to scream?

5. How is thunder described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ransom and the Green Lady get to the Fixed Land?

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

3. What are bubble-trees?

4. What does Ransom wonder about mythology?

5. Why are there different creatures in the ancient worlds?

6. Just before twilight, what does Ransom see?

7. What does Ransom see when he gets up and looks around in Chapter 5?

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

9. What does the Green Lady know about other worlds?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ransom creates a definition of what it is to be human. What role does bodily form and a rational mind play in making someone human? What other qualities does Ransom believe make someone human? Why doesn’t Ransom consider the Green Lady to be human?

Essay Topic 2

The things that Ransom sees and experiences seem to be indescribable. Why can’t words describe what Ransom sees or experiences? How different is Earth from Venus? Is there any part of Venus that is like Earth? How do those differences make it difficult to describe Venus?

Essay Topic 3

Ransom begins to believe that myth on one world is fact on another. Where did Ransom first come in contact with what he thought on Earth were mythological creatures? What creatures does he see on Perelandra that would be mythological on Earth? Why does Ransom decide that myth is different on different worlds?

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