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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 the Well-Dressed Ghost in the forest tell the Solid One following her?

2. What comes rushing forth after the Solid One blows the horn in the forest?

3. What does the Solid Person remind Pam that her son was at first?

4. What does the Tragedian Ghost wear?

5. What did the Hard-Bitten Ghost leave the narrator with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does MacDonald tell the narrator about the beautiful woman in the procession?

2. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?

3. Who does MacDonald say is the only Bright Person who can get into Hell? Why?

4. Why is the Well-Dressed Ghost fearful of going into the mountains with the Bright People?

5. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?

6. What does Sarah do when the dwarf disappears?

7. How does the narrator feel after his encounter with the Hard-Bitten Ghost? Why?

8. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?

9. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?

10. What does the narrator see when things suddenly change in Chapter 14? What do the figures on the table do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lewis' use of symbolism and motif in The Great Divorce. Define these terms and give examples in your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

What literary allusions does C. S. Lewis make in the novel? What does this term mean? Which character specifically is an overt allusion? How?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of love and lust in The Great Divorce. How are "defective love" and "lust" compared? How does the author exemplify this through parable?

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