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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. From what point of view is the story told?

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet hope to find at the end of the journey?

3. Who says, "You'll be justifying the Inquisition in a moment?"

4. After exiting the bus, what does the narrator realize the other passengers are?

5. What about the space felt different after the narrator got out of the bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?

2. Describe the setting in which the narrator finds himself in at the beginning of the book.

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

4. How does the Big Man reply when the solid person offers him help up the mountain? What does the solid person try to convince him of?

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

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

7. Where has the Hard-Bitten Ghost been? What does he say of these places?

8. Where does the narrator sit on the bus? Who joins him? What does this character impart?

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

10. What is the ghost in the bushes doing? Who is this ghost?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of The Great Divorce. Include examples of and define the terms rising action, climax, and falling action in your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in The Great Divorce. What objects, people, or symbols are elements of foreshadowing that the author uses? How and when do these recur? Define the term in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Lewis' use of irony in The Great Divorce. What are the three forms of irony? Give an example of each within the novel.

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