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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 notable about the Dwarf after the Lady kisses him?

2. What did the Female Ghost keep as a way to make her husband exercise?

3. How much was the Female Ghost's husband "pottering along" on when she met him?

4. Whom does the narrator realize is leading of the two ghosts who meet Sarah?

5. What does the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?

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

3. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?

4. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?

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

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

7. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?

8. Who does MacDonald say is the only Bright Person who can get into Hell? Why?

9. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?

10. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the various conflicts in The Great Divorce. Which characters embody internal conflict? Where is external conflict illuminated? Where is the narrator's conflict established in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the finals scenes the narrator encounters in The Great Divorce. What are the meanings of the symbols here? What does the table represent? The chess figures? How does this relate to the themes of the novel?

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