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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 is MacDonald's first name?
2. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her?
3. What does Sarah tell the Tragedian he cannot bring into her?
4. What, according to MacDonald, is easier mistaken for gold than clay?
5. What does the table represent in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?
2. What does the narrator see when things suddenly change in Chapter 14? What do the figures on the table do?
3. What does MacDonald tell the narrator about the beautiful woman in the procession?
4. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?
5. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?
6. What happens when the ghost with the lizard allows the Bright Person to kill the lizard?
7. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?
8. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?
9. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?
10. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?
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
Discuss Lewis' use of symbolism and motif in The Great Divorce. Define these terms and give examples in your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role that "pride" plays in The Great Divorce. Which characters are afflicted with the sin of pride? How? What does the author illuminate regarding pride as a sin? Does he have a "moral" regarding this subject?
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