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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 the prevailing color of the atmosphere as Random approached the surface of Venus?

2. What creatures are with Ransom when he wakes after his conversation with the Lady?

3. What color flowers is the Lady plaiting?

4. What time of day does the narrator head for Ransom’s cottage?

5. How does the Green Lady call the large silver fish?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, why is it so important to Ransom that he find Weston?

2. What does Ransom find to eat in Chapter 8?

3. Why doesn’t the narrator have anything to carry as he walks to Ransom’s cottage?

4. What happens when Weston states that he calls the Force into himself completely?

5. How does Ransom make friends with the dragon?

6. What does the Green Lady know about other worlds?

7. Why does Ransom believe he is being sent to Perelandra?

8. What are the rules about the fixed land on Perelandra?

9. How does the narrator describe the object he sees in Ransom’s house?

10. What is the narrator thinking as he walks to Ransom’s cottage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The eldila seem to be servants of Maleldil. In what way do the eldila serve Maleldil? Do the eldila have an appearance like Maledil? What is the job of the eldila? What does Ransom compare the eldila to? Why are they comparable to angels? Do they have a physical form? What characteristics do they possess? In what way do they rule their planets?

Essay Topic 2

Ransom does not want to accept the role of savior of Perelandra. Why doesn’t Ransom believe he is qualified to be a savior? What does he think are the qualities of a savior? What does he begin to realize about the role of a savior? How does he come to accept his role?

Essay Topic 3

Several times Ransom feels restrained from doing something he wants to do. What is Ransom doing or thinking of doing when he feels restraint? What emotions does he feel when he cannot do what he wants to do? How does he analyze these feelings of restraint?

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