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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 do Christian and Hopeful tell Ignorance?
2. What are Sloth, Simple, and Presumption doing when Christian sees them?
3. Who pulls Christian out of the muck when he accidentally becomes trapped after setting out on his journey?
4. What does Christian do to try and save himself?
5. What does Hopeful say about his life to Christian?
Short Essay Questions
1. What valley does Christian enter after he leaves the top of the mountain and what happens there?
2. What does Hopeful say about his own life?
3. Whom do Christian and Hopeful meet after Christian leaves Vanity?
4. Into what do Christian and Pliable accidentally walk and what is the outcome of that accident?
5. What does Faithful tell Christian about why Faithful is there?
6. Where do Christian and Hopeful go after leaving the Enchanted Ground and where is it in relation to Celestial City?
7. What is at the top of the mountain? Who is there?What do they ask Christian?
8. Where does Christian go from the valley in question 10 and what is bad about it?
9. What must Christian and Hopeful cross to reach the Celestial City and how does Hopeful help Christian?
10. What does Christian pass on his way through the valley and what does he do about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Christian represents the common man, who is faced with the question of what will happen to him after death. He is disturbed by images of Hell and chooses to leave his home and family to seek salvation. On the journey, he meets Evangelist, who acts as his spiritual guide. Christian shows his weaknesses in often being detoured from his goal by the forces of evil.
1. Christian is a universal, everyman character even today. To be human is to wonder about death. Discuss how Christian’s images of Hell might represent the universal fear of death. Use examples from The Pilgrim’s Progress and your own experience to support your answer.
2. Discuss the weaknesses and strengths that Christian shows on his journey. Present and analyze examples from The Pilgrim’s Progress to support your answer.
3. Do you think that the “lesser sins” such as sloth or dishonesty are as detrimental to a person’s psyche as the more felonious ones? Why or why not? Use examples from The Pilgrim’s Progress to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Few works in literature present so effectively what it means to be committed to a cause or belief. In The Pilgrim's Progress, the world is filled with snares and diversions which may keep Christian from realizing his purpose. In an age like our own, when distractions and temptations keep many young people from realizing their potential, The Pilgrim's Progress stands apart, celebrating the courage and resolve needed for a person to do what he believes is right and good.
1. Compare the rigid theology of the Christians in the 1600s to a modern religion that seems to be just as rigid. How are the tenets of each religion similar? How are they different?
2. Discuss the ways in which The Pilgrim’s Progress might be used to teach determination and perseverance. What characters embody these traits?
3. How would you compare the distractions and temptations in The Pilgrim’s Progress to modern issues the young have to face?
Essay Topic 3
As a Christian allegory, The Pilgrim's Progress demonstrates a number of literary devices such as metaphors, similes, foreshadowing, etc. Discus the following:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Pilgrim’s Progress. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Bunyan chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Why do you think Bunyan chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Bunyan's use (or lack) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, cliffhangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Bunyan use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, and theme).
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