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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 in the song sung by the followers of Sarah cannot scare her in the night?

2. What does the table represent in Chapter 14?

3. What does MacDonald say that all of Hell is no bigger than on Earth?

4. What does MacDonald point out as no bigger than the portal which brought the bus to Heaven?

5. Which ghost does the narrator encounter in the small clearing in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the appearance of the two ghosts whom Sarah encounters?

2. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?

3. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?

4. How does the narrator feel after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? Why?

5. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?

6. What are the approaching lights the narrator sees in Chapter 12? What are they doing? What is the song like that he hears?

7. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?

8. What happens when the ghost with the lizard allows the Bright Person to kill the lizard?

9. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?

10. Why does the Female Ghost encountered by the narrator and MacDonald say she wouldn't stay in Heaven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "Speculative Fiction?" How is The Great Divorce a part of this genre? Who coined the phrase and how is Speculative Fiction differentiated from Science Fiction or Fantasy?

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

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