Characters 1
What is the name of the 'main character' of the book, through whose eyes the majority of the action is seen?
Ransom
Which Hross did the two other men killed?
Hyoi
By what name did the "Aliens" call the planet from which the main character came?
The Silent Planet
How did the ancient foresets of Malacandra get destroyed?
The Bent Oyarsa tried to spoil all the other planets, causing the desolation of the ancient forests on Malacandra
What did the main character think the "Alien's" planet was when he first saw it?
Moon
What are the names of the men who kidnapped Ransom?
Weston and Devine
What is the great leader of Ransom's home planet called?
The Bent Oyarsa
By what name is the "Aliens" planet's referred to as?
Malacandra
Who does the Bent Oyarsa represent?
Satan
How did the main character and one of his captors know know each other?
From school
Who had got dunked under cold water 14 times in an effort to rid him of his 'superiority' complex?
Weston
What do the Hross Hunt?
The Hnakra
What is the name of the place (NOT the village, but the building) where the main character meets the two scientific men?
The Rise
Who does the Oyarsas represent?
Jesus
Why is the main character's planet called the Silent Planet?
The ruler of Earth (Thulcandra, "the silent planet"), has turned evil (become "bent") and has been restricted to Thulcandra, after "great war," by the Oyéresu and the authority of Maleldil, the ruler of the universe.
What is the name of the 'sorn' who takes the main character most of the way to their leader?
Augray
List all the life forms on the "Alien's" planet.
Hross, Sorns, pfifltrigg, eldi, and the Oyarsa
What was the final destination of the Ransom on the "Alien's" planet?
Meldilorn
What were the first creatures that met the men?
Scorns
Who are the eldil, and what do they look like?
They are an almost invisible creature reminiscent of a spirit or deva.
Who was the great leader of of all the "Aliens"?
The Oyarsa of Malacandra
Who is Maleldil?
The Ruler of the entire universe
What planet is the 'silent' one alluded to in the title?
Thulcandra
How did the main character escape?
Ransom manages to escape his captors, by using the confusion of an attack by the hnakra, to escape into a forest of enormous plants.
What is the difference between the handramit and the harandra?
The handramit is deep gorge, and the harandra is the highlands.