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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 is Mercy’s secret hope?
2. What does the author relate about the first part of the book in the beginning of Part 2?
3. What happens first to the group at Doubting Castle?
4. What do the men find when they kill the giant?
5. Who is Secret?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the group stop shortly after meeting Honest and what are they told there?
2. What is in the dream Christiana has before she leaves her home?
3. What does Honest tell the group about Self-Will?
4. 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?
5. Why do they need a doctor and what does the doctor give Christiana?
6. What does the group see when they pass the spot where Christian met Sloth and his friends?
7. What is on the hill that commemorates something, and what does it commemorate?
8. How does the group earn the gratitude of Vanity’s townspeople and what has happened while the group is staying in Vanity?
9. What happens to the group in BeulahLand?
10. What happens to the group when they leave Goodwill’s house?
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
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
When Christian leaves the Valley of the Shadow of Death, he sees the caves of Pope and Pagan, both of which are dead or dying. The Pagan represents the European religions that predate Christianity while the Pope represents the Catholic religion, which Christian, as a Protestant Englishman, has rejected. This same idea is repeated when Christian and Faithful reach Vanity Fair.
1. Discuss how the various religions of the world have produced conflict over doctrine. How are these conflicts illustrated in The Pilgrim’s Progress?
2. What do you see as the difficulties in a religion which has many different beliefs, depending on the sect? How does the author explore these difficulties in the novel?
3. Catholics have persecuted Protestants, and Protestants, when in power, have persecuted Catholics. Discuss how the anger and violence of religious conflict relates to the ultimate message of a loving God which the Christian faith espouses. Use examples from Pilgrim’s Progress to support your answer.
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