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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 sound does the narrator hear from the stillness of the open door before he exits the bus?
2. How far does the narrator make it walking for an hour in Chapter 6?
3. Where is the bus riding after some time?
4. What will go on spreading indefinitely?
5. What does one ghost remark the money for the bus would be better spent on?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the narrator's experience walking on the grass? What does he envy?
2. Why does the Young Man tell the narrator he is going 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. Where does the narrator sit on the bus? Who joins him? What does this character impart?
5. What does the Hard-Bitten Ghost invite the narrator to do? What is his reply?
6. What does the narrator try to pick up after getting off the bus?
7. What does the voice call out to Ikey with the golden apples? Where is the voice from? What does Ikey do?
8. 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?
9. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?
10. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the character of MacDonald serve the novel? What is the literary term that may be applied to him? What are his major characteristics? What does he represent symbolically?
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 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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