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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. What does the passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?
2. After exiting the bus, what does the narrator realize the other passengers are?
3. What has the narrator begun to walk upon in Chapter 3?
4. What does the ghost by the tree say that Hell is?
5. What does the Solid Man tell the Big Man there is none of here?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the Bright Person explain hell to the Fat Man?
2. What does the narrator do when he sees the bright light? What is the reaction and appearance of the other passengers?
3. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?
4. Where does the narrator sit on the bus? Who joins him? What does this character impart?
5. What does the place appear as when the narrator gets off the bus?
6. Why does the Conscientious Objector say he threw himself in front of a train?
7. Why does the narrator stop walking on the river? What does he see up the slope?
8. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?
9. What does the narrator want to do at the river? How does this work out?
10. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role that "pride" plays in The Great Divorce. Which characters are afflicted with the sin of pride? How? What does the author illuminate regarding pride as a sin? Does he have a "moral" regarding this subject?
Essay Topic 2
What literary allusions does C. S. Lewis make in the novel? What does this term mean? Which character specifically is an overt allusion? How?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of love and lust in The Great Divorce. How are "defective love" and "lust" compared? How does the author exemplify this through parable?
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