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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 are the tree trunks where Weston sets up camp?

2. How fast does Random rush to what seems to be a valley on Venus?

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

4. What does the Green Lady call Ransom?

5. What does the Green Lady do when she looks at Ransom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

3. Describe the thunderstorm.

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

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

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

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

8. What supplies has Weston brought?

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

10. What are bubble-trees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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