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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. According to MacDonald where do literary ghosts go to visit?
2. What are the small creatures on the table representative of in Chapter 14?
3. What does Sarah say that pity can be used as?
4. What does the Solid One tell the Well-Dressed Ghost he can't completely do?
5. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?
2. How does the narrator feel after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? Why?
3. What analogy does the narrator conclude about the figures and the table in Chapter 14?
4. Why does MacDonald tell the narrator that the ghosts choose not to take the bus to Heaven?
5. How did Pam neglect her husband and daughter in her life?
6. Why does the narrator begin to feel unsafe in this place after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? What does he hide from?
7. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?
8. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?
9. What does MacDonald tell the narrator about the beautiful woman in the procession?
10. What is the appearance of the two ghosts whom Sarah encounters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
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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