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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. About what does Evangelist warn Faithful and Christian?
2. What does the person who protects Christian from the Devil’s arrows tell Christian to do next?
3. How do Formalist and Hypocrisy get on the mountain path?
4. What is located at the Lucre Hill?
5. Why might the waters to cross be shallow for a pilgrim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Atheist say to Christian and Hopeful?
2. What does Faithful say about some of the people he has met on his journey?
3. What happens to Christian and Hopeful after the flood on By Pass Meadow blocks them from leaving?
4. What does Hopeful say about his own life?
5. What does Talkative tell Christian and Faithful and what does Christian say about Talkative? What does Faithful say once he understands Talkative?
6. What is at the top of the mountain? Who is there?What do they ask Christian?
7. Who do Christian and Hopeful meet after they leave the shepherds? What does that person say to them?What is Christian’s response?
8. Where do Christian and Hopeful go after they leave the castle?
9. What does Worldly wise suggest to Christian and how does that turn out?
10. Whom do Christian and Hopeful meet after Christian leaves Vanity?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Give a brief biographical sketch of John Bunyan. When and where was he born? Where was he educated?
2. What in Bunyan's background may have helped in writing The Pilgrim’s Progress? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?
3. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of Bunyan's agenda in writing The Pilgrim's Progress. Analyze the idea as presented throughout the book.
Essay Topic 2
The female pilgrims find the path changed from when Christian walked it. The first set of bad characters, Simple, Sloth, and Presumption, are not there to tempt the pilgrims. Instead, they have been punished and made into a warning. Again, the female pilgrims are guided and told of the clear wrongs of these characters.
1. Do you think women and men react to moral decisions differently? Why or why not? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.
2. Some of the punishments dealt out in The Pilgrim’s Progress are quite harsh. Discuss the differences in the legal systems of today versus in the 1600s. How have the forms of punishment changed?
3. Do you think if a person is always told exactly what to do that might hinder the person from developing a moral fortitude? Why or why not? How is this idea explored in the novel?
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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