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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. How much does a man in line offer the woman to trade places?

2. What was Napoleon doing when the two men went to see him?

3. What grows on the tree that the narrator encounters?

4. Why does Dick tell the Ghost he was sent to Hell?

5. What does the narrator note about the other passengers when they exit the bus?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

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

3. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?

4. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost invite the narrator to do? What is his reply?

5. How does the Big Man feel about his indiscretions being disclosed? What does he do?

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

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

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

9. What does the Bright Person ask the ghost of the Fat Man about his father? What does the ghost say the Bright Person was wrong about?

10. What does the narrator see coming down from the mountains to meet the ghosts? What is their appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the literary style of C. S. Lewis and the elements of style which are present in The Great Divorce. How do his choices of point of view, characterization, exposition, irony and foreshadowing affect the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lewis' use of symbolism and motif in The Great Divorce. Define these terms and give examples in your discussion.

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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