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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 Christian ask Evangelist?

2. What does Christian say in response to Hopeful’s comment on Little Faith?

3. Why is the Valley of the Shadow of Death scary for Christian?

4. What does Jesus pour on the Devil’s fire?

5. What happens to By Ends at Lucre Hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Evangelist tell Faithful and Christian about the city they are about to enter?

2. What must Christian and Hopeful cross to reach the Celestial City and how does Hopeful help Christian?

3. What does Hopeful say about his own life?

4. What city do Christian and Faithful enter? What is there that happens all year?What happens to Faithful and Christian?

5. How does Christian meet Goodwill and what does Goodwill do for Christian?

6. What does Evangelist tell Christian about Worldly Wiseman and what does Christian ask Evangelist? What is Evangelist’s answer to Christian’s question?

7. What are some of the images Interpreter shows Christian?

8. Who do Christian and Hopeful meet after they leave the shepherds? What does that person say to them?What is Christian’s response?

9. What happens at Lucre Hill?

10. Where do Christian and Hopeful get confused and who leads them away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The River of Death is a final test of religious faith. The river is easy to cross if one has faith in God and in one's own worthiness to enter Heaven. It is difficult for those full of doubt or worry. Christian is overcome with final doubts about his salvation, but Hopeful manages to save him. Like their time in the Doubting Castle, the two work together so that both can be saved.

1. Discuss the metaphor of the River of Death and why the author believes death is easier when a person has faith. Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

2. Discuss the irony of Christian losing faith at the last moment after all he had been through. What does this loss of faith say about Christian as a character?

3. What is demonstrated by the fact that Hopeful and Christian cooperate throughout their journey?

Essay Topic 2

Setting is a literary element with many qualities: It can establish mood, tone, and circumstances. It can also contribute directly to a novel's plot. Discuss one of the following regarding setting in The Pilgrim's Progress:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in The Pilgrim’s Progress.

2. In what ways does the author employ symbolism and imagery in his depictions of the settings in the narrative? What do the settings themselves represent symbolically or metaphorically?

3. What themes are developed through the author's depictions of settings in The Pilgrim's Progress? How are they developed?

Essay Topic 3

The journey of Christian's family is intended to show how women and children also reach salvation. The main difference in their pilgrimage is that they are attacked because of their perceived weakness and are cautioned to rely on a guide to protect them on their journey.

1. In the era of John Bunyan, women were thought to have a more difficult time obtaining salvation because they were not as educated or as capable as men. Discuss how this prevailing idea affected the way the author wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress. How are the women in the narrative presented?

2. Discuss the ways in which women are viewed differently in the modern world by most of the Western world. How do these different perspectives relate to the novel?

3. The weakness of women the author implies is one of moral courage. At this time in history, women were thought to tempt men into sin as the original incident of “Adam and Eve.” How does irony apply to this idea presented by John Bunyan?

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