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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Driver of the bus appear to be filled with?
(a) Anger.
(b) Light.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Horror.

2. What does the narrator compare the noise of the waves to?
(a) A giant's laugh.
(b) A lion's roar.
(c) A bird's squawk.
(d) A snake's hiss.

3. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Communism.

4. Who says, "I don't see what all the talk is about. It's as good as any other park to look at, and darned uncomfortable?"
(a) The Water Giant.
(b) MacDonald.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The Hard-Bitten Ghost.

5. What does the Episcopal Ghost say that happiness lies in the path of?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Duty.
(c) Justice.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator come to envy as he begins exploring?

3. How far is the bus stop from the Civic Center?

4. What grows around the tree preventing Ikey from touching the tree?

5. What does the narrator see in the hawthorn bush?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?

2. What is remarkable about the other passengers once they are off the bus?

3. Why does the man in the bowler hat tell the narrator the gray town seemed so desolate?

4. What happens to the Short Man in the line next to the narrator?

5. What does the man in the bowler hat believe would make the people in the gray town satisfied?

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

7. How does the Bright Person explain hell to the Fat Man?

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

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

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

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