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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 does the Female Ghost call the Solid Woman to whom she speaks of Robert?

2. What happens to the Tragedian?

3. Who are the young men and women on either side of Sarah, according to MacDonald?

4. What does the narrator walk toward when he leaves the river?

5. Whom does the narrator recall the Gods had tortured?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the Female Ghost encountered by the narrator and MacDonald say she wouldn't stay in Heaven?

4. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?

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

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

7. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?

8. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

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

10. Who is the Bright Person who approaches the narrator? What is his appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting in The Great Divorce. Is this setting realistic? Describe the qualities of the gray town, the bus, and the foothills. How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the plot structure of The Great Divorce. Include examples of and define the terms rising action, climax, and falling action 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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