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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 Ransom do with the Hross?
2. What does Thulcandra mean to the hross?
3. What does Ransom think the empty rooms are for?
4. Weston replies to Ransom's questions by telling him not to talk too much in order to:
5. How does Ransom feel when he finds out he is in space?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ransom see as he's running away from his captors?
2. When Ransom describes being from another planet, what surprises him about the hross?
3. How does Devine manage to drug Ransom's drink?
4. Ransom overhears a conversation between Weston and Devine about what they plan to do with him. What was the plan?
5. Describe the house where Ransom finds Harry and meets Weston and Devine.
6. Describe the scene of Ransom meeting his first hross.
7. Summarize the events that take place in Chapter 6.
8. Why do you think there is so much description in this chapter, and in the entire book?
9. How does Ransom figure out they are in space?
10. Describe the dream Ransom had when Weston drugged his drink.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In this book Ransom spends a great deal of time being afraid. What are the main fears that Ransom has? How does he face them? What does he find out about fear from Oyarsa? Why would someone with no fear be "at peace?"
Essay Topic 2
In this book, C.S. Lewis seems postulate that fear causes a great deal of harm. If fear was the opposite of love, how would that cause many of the world's problems? Based on Out of the Silent Planet, what do you think the author believed fear did to humanity?
Essay Topic 3
In all books characters are never all good or all bad, which reflects the reality of being human. What do you see as Weston, Devine and Ransom's good characteristics? What do you see as their flaws? Would you characterize Ransom as the "good guy" and Weston and Devine as the "bad guys," or do you see their characters as being a mix?
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