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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 Tragedian Ghost wear?
2. What kind of man did Robert turn into?
3. Who is the ghost that MacDonald mentioned stayed in Heaven?
4. What is the name of the Solid Man who meets the Female Ghost looking for her son?
5. What does the narrator suddenly see all around in Chapter 14?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the approaching lights the narrator sees in Chapter 12? What are they doing? What is the song like that he hears?
2. What do the two ghosts do when Sarah asks for forgiveness?
3. What happens to the narrator when the morning arrives?
4. What creatures appear when the Bright Person blows the horn? What is their appearance?
5. How does MacDonald explain the size of Hell to the narrator?
6. What does the narrator do when MacDonald offers to walk with him uphill? What is the sensation he speaks of?
7. What is MacDonald's reply when the narrator asks him if all he has seen is false?
8. What does the Female Ghost tell the Bright Woman were her husband's faults?
9. How does MacDonald explain Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to the narrator?
10. What does the Tragedian do that makes the dwarf get smaller? What does Sarah say about this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting in The Great Divorce. Is this setting realistic? Describe the qualities of the gray town, the bus, and the foothills. How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the role that "pride" plays in The Great Divorce. Which characters are afflicted with the sin of pride? How? What does the author illuminate regarding pride as a sin? Does he have a "moral" regarding this subject?
Essay Topic 3
From what point of view is the novel written? In what tense is it written? Define the terms which apply to these forms as discussed in class. In what ways does a narrative written in this point of view allow the reader greater understanding of the characters?
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