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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. Of what is Ignorance proud?
2. What does Evangelist tell Christian he must do to save himself?
3. By whom was Faithful beaten?
4. About what does Evangelist warn Faithful and Christian?
5. What convinced Hopeful to feel optimistic?
Short Essay Questions
1. What city do Christian and Faithful enter? What is there that happens all year?What happens to Faithful and Christian?
2. What does Faithful say about some of the people he has met on his journey?
3. Where do Christian and Hopeful go after leaving the Enchanted Ground and where is it in relation to Celestial City?
4. Who do Christian and Hopeful meet after they leave the shepherds? What does that person say to them?What is Christian’s response?
5. Into what do Christian and Pliable accidentally walk and what is the outcome of that accident?
6. Who is Christian and why does he leave his home?
7. What does Atheist say to Christian and Hopeful?
8. What story does Christian tell Hopeful and the person in question 23?
9. What does Talkative tell Christian and Faithful and what does Christian say about Talkative? What does Faithful say once he understands Talkative?
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
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
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 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?
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