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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 is the prevailing color of the atmosphere as Random approached the surface of Venus?

2. In Chapter 3, who argues against the Christian doctrine of the resurrection of the human body?

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

4. Instead of sky, what color dome does Random see?

5. What is the woman made of that Ransom sees in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 6 after the Lady is out of sight, what does Ransom have the urge to do?

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

3. Why doesn’t Ransom eat two of the yellow fruits?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Ransom wonder about mythology?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ransom and Weston have very different views of death. What are Weston’s views of death? What are Ransom’s? How have the men’s experiences colored the way they view death? How are the men’s views similar or different?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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