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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Tragedian accuse Sarah of doing to him?
(a) Worrying for him.
(b) Driving him back to Hell.
(c) Loving him.
(d) Praising him.

2. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost to drink the cup of?
(a) Sin.
(b) Glory.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Shame.

3. What does the Solid Person remind Pam that her son was at first?
(a) An accident.
(b) A brat.
(c) A miracle.
(d) An abomination.

4. What did the Female Ghost keep as a way to make her husband exercise?
(a) A great Dane.
(b) A horse.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A guitar.

5. According to MacDonald where do literary ghosts go to visit?
(a) Libraries.
(b) Graves.
(c) Museums.
(d) Sanitariums.

6. What does the Female Ghost say that Robert was when hosting parties?
(a) A rogue.
(b) A storyteller.
(c) A great host.
(d) A wet blanket.

7. What does the Female Ghost say she did for Robert?
(a) Worshipped him.
(b) Sacrificed her whole life.
(c) Killed him.
(d) Killed herself.

8. What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times?
(a) "Crying for her."
(b) "Leaving me."
(c) "Lying dead at my feet."
(d) "Wallowing in my own shame."

9. What does the Female Ghost call the Solid Woman to whom she speaks of Robert?
(a) Bethany.
(b) Gertrude.
(c) Hilda.
(d) Isabelle.

10. Whom does the narrator realize is leading of the two ghosts who meet Sarah?
(a) The Fat Man.
(b) The Tragedian.
(c) The Comic.
(d) The Dwarf.

11. What is the table made of in Chapter 14?
(a) Wood.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

12. What happens to the Tragedian?
(a) He lights on fire.
(b) He melts.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He explodes.

13. What does the sunrise shoot dead?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

14. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost he can't completely do?
(a) Heal her.
(b) Carry her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Save her.

15. What does the narrator suddenly see all around in Chapter 14?
(a) Lions.
(b) Giant forms.
(c) Bears.
(d) Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was clearer here for the narrator than on Earth, according to MacDonald?

2. What does MacDonald say that both good and evil become if full-grown?

3. What are the small creatures on the table representative of in Chapter 14?

4. What book had the narrator bought when he was 16?

5. What does Sarah say that pity can be used as?

(see the answer keys)

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