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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. Who is the glorious woman being praised in Chapter 12?
(a) Sarah Vangrave.
(b) Sarah Smith.
(c) Sarah Williams.
(d) Sarah Walters.

2. What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life?
(a) His rage.
(b) His hatred.
(c) His misery.
(d) His love.

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

4. What does MacDonald say is the gift that men most resemble the Creator?
(a) Purity.
(b) Love.
(c) Rage.
(d) Freedom.

5. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?
(a) Tantalus.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Cain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to MacDonald, can a horse not sympathize with?

2. Who is an example of what natural affection turns to in the end if it will not be converted?

3. What is the name of the son whom the Female Ghost is longing to see?

4. MacDonald says that of the Saved, what happens to them is best described as the opposite of what?

5. What phrase does the Tragedian repeat several times?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?

2. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?

3. What is the appearance of the two ghosts whom Sarah encounters?

4. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?

5. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?

6. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?

7. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?

8. Why does the Female Ghost encountered by the narrator and MacDonald say she wouldn't stay in Heaven?

9. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?

10. Why does MacDonald tell the narrator that the ghosts choose not to take the bus to Heaven?

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