Geography
What is the common name of the planet the spaceship landed on?
Mars
Why was Ransom originally at Weston's house?
He promised a mother that he would find her Harry.
Why did Ransom stop this sentence short: "If it's like this in the early morning..."
Weston told him "there were no mornings here, no evenings, and no nights--nothing but the changeless noon" (p. 26)
What species is described as resembling a penguin, otter, or seal?
Hrossa
What plural term do the hrossa use for sorn?
Seroni
What type of structure did Devine and Weston build the first time they visited Malacandra?
Hut on an island
Why did Devine believe they needed to kidnap Ransom?
"Human sacrifice, I suppose." (p. 32)
What specific word did Ransom use to describe walking in the spaceship?
"walking up to the edge of a precipice" (p. 25)
What is the aquatic animal with snapping jaws that the hrossa are excited to learn is in their valley?
Hnakra
What do the inhabitants of Malacandra call the planet where Ransom is from?
Thulcandra
Where does Oyarsa reside on Malacandra?
Meldilorn
How did Ransom end up a prisoner to Weston and Devine?
Devine drugged Ransom through a drink, and then hit him with a heavy blow to his head.
Fill in the blank (describing Oyarsa's voice):
"A voice, as one of the hrossa afterwards said to Ransom, with no blood in it. ____ is instead of blood for them."
"Light"
Who are the beings that Ransom cannot see other than for brief sensations of variations in light?
Eldila
What are the Malacandrian words for highland and lowland?
Harandra and Handramit
How does Ransom describe the forest as he escapes from Devine and Weston?
Submarine where the plants look more like seaweed than trees
Why were Weston and Devine on this journey?
Weston wanted to conquer the world for the evolution of humans.
Devine wanted gold.
What and whose quote did C.S. Lewis use to explain why he would write the rest of their adventures later on?
"That is another story" (p. 166) by Aristotle
Who do the Malacandrians believe made and still ruled the world?
Maleldil the Young
What is the Malacandrian word used for rational beings?
Hnau
What two physical attributes of Malacandra differ from Earth?
A thinner atmosphere and a lower gravity
How many days were they given on the spaceship journey from Malandra back to Earth?
90 days
Fill in one of these blanks (describing Malacandra from space):
"It looked like the top of a gigantic ________ -- or like a huge bowl of ________ -- and it was exquisitely beautiful in tint and shape."
Red Cauliflower or Red Soapsuds (p. 42)
What is the name used to describe the oyarsa who was driven out of the heavens and bound to Thulcandra?
The Bent One
What is the Malacandrian term for the substance the pfifiltriggi have an abundance of in the region where they live?
Arbol hru (Sun's blood/gold)