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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 emotion does Random feel when it begins raining?

2. In Chapter 4, what is on the back of a dolphin-type fish?

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

4. In Chapter 5, how many islands are making a temporary continent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are bubble-trees?

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

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

6. What does Ransom wonder about mythology?

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

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

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

10. What does Ransom see when he wakes in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ransom does not want to accept the role of savior of Perelandra. Why doesn’t Ransom believe he is qualified to be a savior? What does he think are the qualities of a savior? What does he begin to realize about the role of a savior? How does he come to accept his role?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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