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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 flowers cover the oval plateau where the immense piers of rock are?

2. How many miles has Ransom traveled from London?

3. In which world did Maleldil first take human form?

4. What day of the week does the narrator travel to see Ransom?

5. What time of day does the narrator head for Ransom’s cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What supplies has Weston brought?

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

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

4. Describe the thunderstorm.

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

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

7. What are bubble-trees?

8. Why does Ransom believe he is being sent to Perelandra?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Green Lady believes it is possible to be satisfied when an expected good is not received. How does the Green Lady feel about being with Ransom instead of the King? What is the difference between an expected good and a given good? How does one’s attitude determine satisfaction if one receives something good, but not what one expected? How does the Green lady choose to view a given good?

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

Several times Ransom feels restrained from doing something he wants to do. What is Ransom doing or thinking of doing when he feels restraint? What emotions does he feel when he cannot do what he wants to do? How does he analyze these feelings of restraint?

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