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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. Who is Robert to the Ghost who insists on not seeing him?
2. What does the Solid Man say that Pam is only using as a means to get to her son?
3. What did Robert have a "silly idea" of doing in the old days?
4. What in the song sung by the followers of Sarah cannot scare her in the night?
5. What did the Hard-Bitten Ghost leave the narrator with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?
2. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?
3. How does the narrator feel after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? Why?
4. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?
5. Why does the Female Ghost change her mind about seeing Robert?
6. Where does the Bright Person tell Pam her son Michael is? Why can't she see him now?
7. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?
8. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?
9. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?
10. What does MacDonald tell the narrator about the beautiful woman in the procession?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the terms "Parable" and "Allegory." What characteristics does The Great Divorce share with these styles? Define the terms and cite examples of these characteristics from the text.
Essay Topic 2
From what point of view is the novel written? In what tense is it written? Define the terms which apply to these forms as discussed in class. In what ways does a narrative written in this point of view allow the reader greater understanding of the characters?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of love and lust in The Great Divorce. How are "defective love" and "lust" compared? How does the author exemplify this through parable?
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