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

2. What does the Tousle-Headed Poet rail against as a cause of much misery?

3. What does the ghost by the tree refer to the idea of staying?

4. What does the narrator come upon after walking for several hours in Chapter 6?

5. How far does the narrator make it walking for an hour in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the Short Man in the line next to the narrator?

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

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

5. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

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

7. What does the narrator do when he sees the bright light? What is the reaction and appearance of the other passengers?

8. What does the narrator try to pick up after getting off the bus?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the use of imagery in The Great Divorce. In your answer, define the terms simile and metaphor. Give examples of each.

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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