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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 C.S. Lewis enter with?

2. How does Joy respond to the insult?

3. What does Lewis promise Joy?

4. What is Lewis doing when Warnie enters the room?

5. What news does Lewis have for Warnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Joy and Lewis decide to go? Why? What is this trip like?

2. What is Warnie concerned about as the scene opens? Why is he concerned about this?

3. What does Lewis say about his friendship with Joy? Does this reassure Warnie?

4. Who startles Lewis? What does this person tell Lewis? How does he feel about the news?

5. What does Lewis declare to Joy? What does he ask of Harrington? How do Harrington and Riley respond to this news?

6. Where does Scene 2 open? Who is present in the scene? What are they doing?

7. How is Lewis handling the news? What does he say or do that reveal how he is feeling?

8. What does Lewis ask Douglas about that Douglas doesn't respond to? What does Douglas' lack of response say about the situation?

9. What does Lewis do to help ease the tension between him and Joy? What do they discuss?

10. What does Lewis do in this scene? Who does he address? What topics does he discuss?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the play makes use of foreshadowing. What events are foreshadowed in the play? How are these events foreshadowed? Why do you think the author used foreshadowing in the play?

Essay Topic 2

What illness is Joy diagnosed with? How does her illness change the dynamics in her relationship with Lewis and Warnie? What does Joy endure during her illness? How does Joy's illness end?

Essay Topic 3

In several sections of the play, Lewis appears to be giving a lecture to the audience. What topics does Lewis talk about in these monologues? Why do you think the author of the play included these sections? What purpose do they have in the play?

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