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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 Christiana’s dream reveal to her?

2. Who saves the group when they are threatened outside the Gatekeeper's house??

3. Who greets the group at the entrance to the Land of Beulah?

4. Where is the second place the group goes when it leaves House Beautiful?

5. What does Mercy dream her first night in House Beautiful?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why do they need a doctor and what does the doctor give Christiana?

3. What hill did the group climb and what were they shown as they approached House Beautiful?

4. How does the group earn the gratitude of Vanity’s townspeople and what has happened while the group is staying in Vanity?

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

6. Where does the group lodge in Vanity? Why do they stay there? What happens with his two daughters?

7. What does the group’s rescuer tell them and where do they go next? What do they see there first?

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

9. 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?

10. What happens when the group gets to the Wicket Gate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the following regarding the character dynamics in The Pilgrim's Progress:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why? Use examples from The Pilgrim’s Progress to support your answer.

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which three secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot? What roles to they play in the development of the story?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable? If so, which ones? If not, what do you think this says about the work?

Essay Topic 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think The Pilgrim’s Progress is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Does the title of The Pilgrim's Progress directly relate to its contents? If so, how? If not, how might the title change to reflect its content?

3. Why do you think the author of The Pilgrim's Progress has chosen not to delineate chapters by title names in this novel? If you were to title the chapters of the book, how would you do so?

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