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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. During a Perelandran night, how far might someone be able to see?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what color are the dragon’s wings?

4. What mythical creature did Ransom meet on Malacandra ?

5. How does the Green Lady call the large silver fish?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

4. Just before twilight, what does Ransom see?

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the object he sees in Ransom’s house?

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

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

10. What did the Green Lady name Ransom after?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

As Ransom prepares to leave, Lewis finds himself realizing how much he will miss Ransom. How does the talk the two men have make Lewis feel? What does Lewis begin to notice about Ransom as they talk? As the time draws nearer, how does Lewis realize he will feel when Ransom is gone?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator is afraid as he walks to his friend’s cottage. Does the narrator realize he is afraid at first? When does he become aware that he is afraid? Does he know at first why he is afraid? What does the narrator decide is the cause of his fear?

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