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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. Whom does the group meet after leaving the mountain in Part 2?

2. What does Great Heart do as the group continues on its journey after the inn?

3. Great Heart points out locations where who had adventures along the journey in Part 2?

4. What does the author relate about the first part of the book in the beginning of Part 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the group greeted at House Beautiful? What kind of dream does Mercy have?How long does the group stay?

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

3. What happens to the group shortly after leaving Vanity?

4. What does the group do when it prepares to leave and what is the consequence of that action?

5. What does the Interpreter show the group that he did not show Christian?

6. What happens to the group at DelectableMountain?

7. What do the men of the group do? Who marries James? Who marries Matthew?

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

9. What happens to the group in BeulahLand?

10. Where are the first two places the group go after leaving House Beautiful and what does Great Heart do for them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some books embody character-driven plots while others are action driven. Still others seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven? Which of these styles do you think that The Pilgrim's Progress falls into?

2. In what ways does plot structure differ between works that are character driven versus action driven? How is this illustrated in The Pilgrim's Progress?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

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

The journey of Christian's family is intended to show how women and children also reach salvation. The main difference in their pilgrimage is that they are attacked because of their perceived weakness and are cautioned to rely on a guide to protect them on their journey.

1. In the era of John Bunyan, women were thought to have a more difficult time obtaining salvation because they were not as educated or as capable as men. Discuss how this prevailing idea affected the way the author wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress. How are the women in the narrative presented?

2. Discuss the ways in which women are viewed differently in the modern world by most of the Western world. How do these different perspectives relate to the novel?

3. The weakness of women the author implies is one of moral courage. At this time in history, women were thought to tempt men into sin as the original incident of “Adam and Eve.” How does irony apply to this idea presented by John Bunyan?

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