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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ransom becomes depressed as they enter Malacandra's atmosphere?
(a) He finally believes he'll never see earth again
(b) The light dims and the darker atmosphere depresses him
(c) He believes that his possible death is nearer
(d) He feels powerless to help himself

2. How does most things on the planet appear to Ransom?
(a) Everything he sees is some shade of gray
(b) Everything appears hazy and out of focused
(c) Everything Ransom can see has a strange, elongated form
(d) The whole landscape appears fat and bloated

3. How does Devine control Ransom when they leave the ship?
(a) Drugs him so that he is able to walk but only slowly
(b) He holds a revolver on him
(c) Handcuffs him
(d) Threatens to leave him there with no hope of returning to earth

4. Ransom contemplates what he has learned from Weston and realizes he's ready to face what?
(a) Death
(b) Never seeing earth again
(c) Killing Weston
(d) Being on another planet

5. The humming noise Ransom hears makes him believe he is:
(a) hearing a chorus of angels in the distance
(b) must be suffering from the drug's aftereffects
(c) in some sort of airship
(d) hearing a refridgerator running

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Weston and Devine do when they finish eating?

2. What happens when the three men enter the water to join the sorns on the other shore?

3. Rather than it being the moon that Ransom is seeing, Weston tells him that the large orb is:

4. When the ship lands what does Ransom think about space?

5. Why does Ransom eat so much food when they have a meal after landing?

(see the answer key)

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