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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. Which word best describes the wedding rings?

2. Lewis finds Joy reading a letter where?

3. What is Riley's theory on women?

4. What does C.S. Lewis enter with?

5. Why has Joy written to Lewis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis say about pain, suffering, and love? What benefit does he believe that suffering has?

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

3. What does Douglas ask Lewis about? What is Lewis' answer?

4. What do Lewis and Warnie think before they meet Joy? How do Douglas and the adults react to the meeting?

5. What does Lewis do after the party breaks up?

6. What stereotype does Warnie have about Americans? What does he mean by his statement?

7. How do the four men feel about Joy's condition and her improvement? How do they handle the news that Joy is improving?

8. What are Lewis and Douglas talking about when the scene opens? What input does Joy give on this topic?

9. What piece of furniture is mentioned in this scene? Why is this furniture important?

10. What do Lewis and Joy discuss before she leaves? What does he ask her? What does Joy ask of Lewis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Lewis and Joy's first wedding ceremony with the second ceremony. Who is present at each of the weddings? What conditions are different between the two? How do the participants feel about each of the weddings?

Essay Topic 2

How does Joy's illness affect the characters in the play? How does she handle her illness? What message do you think the play has about illness and suffering?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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