The Great Divorce Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Great Divorce Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy The Great Divorce Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far is the bus stop from the Civic Center?
(a) Thousands of miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Sixteen blocks.

2. What will go on spreading indefinitely?
(a) The stars.
(b) The Heavens.
(c) The Earth.
(d) The gray town.

3. What does the ghost by the tree refer to the idea of staying?
(a) Possible.
(b) Truth.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Propaganda.

4. What grows around the tree preventing Ikey from touching the tree?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Hawthorn bushes.
(c) Rosebushes.
(d) Vines.

5. What word does the narrator use to describe the streets in the gray town?
(a) Rustic.
(b) Angular.
(c) Warm.
(d) Mean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is it when the story begins?

2. What lands on Ikey's head once the wind blows?

3. Why does Dick tell the Ghost he was sent to Hell?

4. What does the Short Man think about the people in the line?

5. From what point of view is the story told?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?

2. Why does the Conscientious Objector say he threw himself in front of a train?

3. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?

4. What does the narrator see coming down from the mountains to meet the ghosts? What is their appearance?

5. What does the narrator do when he sees the bright light? What is the reaction and appearance of the other passengers?

6. Why does the narrator stop walking on the river? What does he see up the slope?

7. Why does the Young Man tell the narrator he is going on the bus?

8. What is the narrator's experience walking on the grass? What does he envy?

9. What did the two chaps find when they set out to look for Napoleon?

10. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 787 words
(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy The Great Divorce Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
The Great Divorce from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.