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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 one ghost remark the money for the bus would be better spent on?

2. What presence does the narrator feel he can't bear in Chapter 7?

3. What animals does the narrator encounter in the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What does the Solid Man say he is here to be for the Big Man?

5. After exiting the bus, what does the narrator realize the other passengers are?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Conscientious Objector say he threw himself in front of a train?

2. What does the narrator want to do at the river? How does this work out?

3. Where does the narrator sit on the bus? Who joins him? What does this character impart?

4. What has the Conscientious Objector encountered since his death? Why is he on the bus?

5. How does the Bright Person explain hell to the Fat Man?

6. How does the narrator move two spaces in line after he joins in waiting?

7. What is remarkable about the other passengers once they are off the bus?

8. What does the solid person tell the Big Man about Jack?

9. Describe the bus and the bus driver.

10. What is the narrator's experience walking on the grass? What does he envy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the finals scenes the narrator encounters in The Great Divorce. What are the meanings of the symbols here? What does the table represent? The chess figures? How does this relate to the themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of foreshadowing in The Great Divorce. What objects, people, or symbols are elements of foreshadowing that the author uses? How and when do these recur? Define the term in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of imagery in The Great Divorce. In your answer, define the terms simile and metaphor. Give examples of each.

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