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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 presence does the narrator feel he can't bear in Chapter 7?
2. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?
3. Who does the Hard-Bitten Ghost say that both sides in all the wars were run by?
4. Who, according to the Hard-Bitten Ghost, was Mother always in the same firm with?
5. What man does the passenger mention to the narrator on the bus?
Short Essay Questions
1. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?
2. What is remarkable about the other passengers once they are off the bus?
3. Why does the narrator stop walking on the river? What does he see up the slope?
4. What does the narrator try to pick up after getting off the bus?
5. How does the Hard-Bitten Ghost respond to the narrator's suggestion that they will grow more solid as they acclimate to Heaven?
6. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost plan on doing? Why?
7. What does the narrator do when he sees the bright light? What is the reaction and appearance of the other passengers?
8. How does the Bright Person explain hell to the Fat Man?
9. Describe the bus and the bus driver.
10. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?
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
Discuss the title of The Great Divorce. What did Lewis write the novel in response to? How does his opinion of the afterlife and the philosophies of sin differ from the noted text?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the plot structure of The Great Divorce. Include examples of and define the terms rising action, climax, and falling action in your discussion.
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