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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. Where did Sarah live in her Earthly life?
2. What had Robert not had "a spark of"?
3. What did the Female Ghost keep as a way to make her husband exercise?
4. What is MacDonald's first name?
5. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost say she would rather do than be seen?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the Bright Person tell Pam her son Michael is? Why can't she see him now?
2. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?
3. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?
4. What does the narrator see when things suddenly change in Chapter 14? What do the figures on the table do?
5. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?
6. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?
7. Why does the Female Ghost change her mind about seeing Robert?
8. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?
9. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?
10. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the title of The Great Divorce. What did Lewis write the novel in response to? How does his opinion of the afterlife and the philosophies of sin differ from the noted 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 narrator's actions and objectives in The Great Divorce. What changes does his character undergo? What does he represent symbolically?
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