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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 the name of the son whom the Female Ghost is longing to see?
2. What does the narrator wonder that the whole trip of the Ghosts might be for in Chapter 8?
3. What did Frank torment Sarah with in their earthly life?
4. What, according to MacDonald, is easier mistaken for gold than clay?
5. What does the Tragedian Ghost wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator see when things suddenly change in Chapter 14? What do the figures on the table do?
2. What does Pam's brother tell her about the love of God? How must she change in order to see her son?
3. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?
4. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?
5. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?
6. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?
7. What happens when the ghost with the lizard allows the Bright Person to kill the lizard?
8. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?
9. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?
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
Discuss the use of imagery in The Great Divorce. In your answer, define the terms simile and metaphor. Give examples of each.
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 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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