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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. Where is Ransom when he feels a strong wind that blows sand in his face?
2. What creature does Ransom find injured in Chapter 9?
3. In Weston’s story about someone who views a dead body, whose body is viewed?
4. What do the Lady and Weston make clothes from?
5. How many minutes does Ransom stare at Weston when he sees him hurting a creature?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ransom know that one of the eldila is the Oyarsa of Malacandra?
2. What image does Ransom see emerging from the stories told by the Un-man?
3. What does Ransom do when the Un-man escapes the island?
4. In what way is Ransom a stone that determines the course of a river?
5. How did Perelandra create Venus?
6. How does Ransom feel after he eats some seaweed?
7. How does Ransom try to kill the Un-man at the beginning of Chapter 14?
8. In Chapter 9, what happens when Ransom attempts to move toward Weston?
9. What does Ransom do as he waits for dawn in Chapter 14?
10. How does Ransom explain what Perelandra will do that day?
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
The mood in the novel changes when Weston/Un-man comes on the scene. What would the mood of the novel be before Weston arrives? How does the mood change after Weston comes to Perelandra? At what points in the novel is the mood positive? Negative? Overall, is the mood of the novel more positive or negative?
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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