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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 narrator ask his new companion about the gray town?
2. What does the Solid Man who speaks to the Big Man say can't be done here?
3. How full is the bus when the narrator gets on?
4. What does the passenger next to the narrator take from his pocket?
5. What does the narrator compare the noise of the waves to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator do when he sees the bright light? What is the reaction and appearance of the other passengers?
2. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?
3. 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?
4. Why does the Conscientious Objector say he threw himself in front of a train?
5. 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?
6. How long does the narrator travel on the river? How far does he go?
7. What does the man in the bowler hat believe would make the people in the gray town satisfied?
8. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost invite the narrator to do? What is his reply?
9. What does the place appear as when the narrator gets off the bus?
10. What is the narrator's experience walking on the grass? What does he envy?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of imagery in The Great Divorce. In your answer, define the terms simile and metaphor. Give examples of each.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the setting in The Great Divorce. Is this setting realistic? Describe the qualities of the gray town, the bus, and the foothills. How are they different?
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