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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 does the Green Lady say when Ransom asks if he can swim over?

2. What does Ransom find to eat on the fixed land?

3. When Ransom and the Green Lady land in a bay, what color rocks are on the low cliffs and outcroppings?

4. What does the Green Lady call Ransom?

5. Where does Ransom find food on the Fixed Land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ransom find to eat in Chapter 8?

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. What does Ransom wonder about mythology?

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

6. Describe the thunderstorm.

7. What is the narrator thinking as he walks to Ransom’s cottage?

8. Just before twilight, what does Ransom see?

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

10. What supplies has Weston brought?

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

Ransom believes that Lewis sees him as a megalomaniac. Why does Ransom think Lewis would accuse him of megalomania? What behaviors is Ransom exhibiting? Why might these behaviors be attributed to megalomania? Why isn’t Ransom a megalomaniac?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 12, Ransom experiences an intense hatred and anger that helps him defeat the Un-man. Why does Ransom believe that his hatred is acceptable? Why would that intense anger normally be unacceptable? How does the rage that Ransom feels help him have the strength he needs for the battle?

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