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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 giant do that is evil in Part 2?

2. How does Matthew heal?

3. Who shows the group Mount Marvel, Innocent, and Charity?

4. What does Matthew do while the group is resting at the Gatekeeper’s house?

5. With whom did Self-Will justify his own sins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the group when they leave Goodwill’s house?

2. What does the group see as they come to House Beautiful and how did Christian deal with it? How does Great Heart deal with it?

3. Whom does the group ask to join them and what is that person’s worry?

4. What does the group ask Great Heart when they get to House Beautiful and what is his response?

5. What happens to the group in the morning at the Interpreter’s house and what does he do before the group leaves? Where are they going next?

6. Why does Christiana decide to go on a journey?

7. What happens when the group is on Enchanted Ground and who meets them at BeulahLand?

8. What is in the dream Christiana has before she leaves her home?

9. What does Honest tell the group about Self-Will?

10. What is on the hill that commemorates something, and what does it commemorate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many themes are overtly presented in The Pilgrim's Progress through character development, setting, and action. Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of faith in The Pilgrim’s Progress. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with faith? Why? What are some symbols of faith? What characters seem faithful? Which do not? How does faith help drive the plot?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of false appearances in The Pilgrim’s Progress. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to be someone other than who they are? How do physical places seem to often represent good or evil and be the opposite?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of the difficulty of salvation in The Pilgrim’s Progress. Why might a reader think the author believes the way to salvation is difficult? How does the author attempt to present this view? What are some of the symbols and metaphors that support this theme?

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

The Pilgrim’s Progress belongs to the religious allegory genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give examples of three other genres in addition to the religious allegory genre.

2. What are other examples of religious allegories? In what ways to they compare with The Pilgrim's Progress?

3. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre. How does this apply to The Pilgrim's Progress?

3. What are the key differences between a religious allegory and a historical novel or a mystery novel?

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