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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. What color are the tree trunks where Weston sets up camp?

2. Who was Ransom’s chief captor when he was kidnapped and taken to Mars?

3. What do the creatures look like that seem to come down with the rain?

4. How many immense piers or rock rise upwards as Ransom and the Lady stop for a moment during their climb?

5. What language did Ransom learn in Malacandra?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the thunderstorm.

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

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

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

9. Just before twilight, what does Ransom see?

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

Ransom feels homesick as he approaches a floating island in Chapter 8. How does Ransom feel when he reaches the Fixed Land? Does that land seem to make him feel at home? What does Ransom smell that creates a longing in him for the island that is approaching? Why does he decide that he has been homesick for the fixed island? When Ransom approaches the floating island, what is the main emotion he feels? Does he believe that he is homesick? Why does he find it odd that he is homesick for the floating island?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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