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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. Whom does the narrator realize is leading of the two ghosts who meet Sarah?
2. What is on the table in Chapter 14?
3. What does MacDonald say "isn't enough" among mortals?
4. What does the Dwarf ask of Sarah?
5. What does the Female Ghost say she did for Robert?
Short Essay Questions
1. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?
2. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?
3. What does the Female Ghost say about the flowers she put on Robert's desk?
4. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?
5. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?
6. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?
7. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?
8. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?
9. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?
10. What are the approaching lights the narrator sees in Chapter 12? What are they doing? What is the song like that he hears?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of "Free Will." What is the definition of this term? How does it apply to The Great Divorce? How does this theme tie into other themes in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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