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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Weston treats Ransom with contempt because:
(a) Weston thinks Ransom is too old for space travel
(b) Weston feels superior to Ransom
(c) Weston knows Ransom cheated in college
(d) Weston knows Ransom is a philanderer

2. Ransom's dream mentioned in question #16 foreshadows:
(a) his becoming addicted to the drugs Devine gives him
(b) his desire to meet men from Mars
(c) his eventual trip to Malacandra
(d) his death at an early age

3. When Ransom asks why he is kidnapped, Weston tells him that:
(a) Weston is only following orders and does not know why
(b) Ransom was to be used for space experiments
(c) Ransom's knowledge of astronomy is needed
(d) Ransom was the most outstanding example of humanity

4. 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

5. What kind of food does Augray offer Ransom?
(a) Vegetables and cheese
(b) Stew and biscuits
(c) Mushrooms and rice
(d) Toofa, a grainy porridge like dish

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the shifting gravity do to the ship?

2. How does the water feel to Ransom as he runs through it?

3. Why does Ransom feel relieved when he wakes in Augray's tower?

4. The shape of the ship, as Weston explains, is:

5. What does the sorn look like?

(see the answer key)

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