Pilgrims Progress Part One
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- 1.John Bunyan began writing “The Pilgrim's Progress” when he was
- A.
Studying in a monastery.
- B.
Lying in prison.
- C.
Serving as a soilder in the Parliamentary army.
- D.
Living in a cave as a hermit.
- 2.Who is the main character of the story?
- A.
Evangelist
- B.
Faithful
- C.
Christian
- D.
Hopeful
- 3.What do the rags and the burden of Christian represent?
- A.
His righteousness and his sins.
- B.
His neighbours and his family.
- C.
His possessions and his house.
- D.
His strengths and his weaknesses.
- 4.What motivates him to leave his wife and children?
- A.
He wanted to set out on an adventure and see the world.
- B.
He was fed up with them and did not love them anymore.
- C.
He received a call to become a missionary and a preacher.
- D.
He had a burden on his back that he wanted to get rid of.
- 5.What does Obstinate value more than escaping the damnation of Hell?
- A.
His work and money.
- B.
Worldly pleasures.
- C.
His reputation.
- D.
Friends and comforts.
- 6.Who pulls Christian out of the Slough of Despond?
- A.
No one.
- B.
Goodwill.
- C.
Evangelist.
- D.
Help.
- 7.Mr. Worldly-Wiseman’s advice to Christian helped him to get rid of his burden. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Part of the highway was fenced on either side with a wall. What was the name of that wall?
- A.
Ease.
- B.
Despair.
- C.
Guilt.
- D.
Salvation.
- 9.When does the burden fall from Christian’s back?
- A.
The moment he decides to leave the City of Destruction.
- B.
As he passes near Mount Sinai.
- C.
When he beholds the cross.
- D.
Immediately after he enters the gates of the Celestial City.
- 10.What was the name of the hill that Christian had to climb before arriving at the Palace Beautiful?
- A.
Difficulty.
- B.
Destruction.
- C.
Danger.
- D.
Desolation.
- 11.What happened to Christian half-way up the hill in the arbour?
- A.
He was attacked by Apollyon.
- B.
He stopped because of two lions that were guarding the road.
- C.
He met Timorous and Mistrust running back the wrong way.
- D.
He slept and lost his roll.
- 12.What was the reason Timorous and Mistrust were returning back?
- A.
They had discovered that the Celestial City did not exist.
- B.
The further they went, the more danger they met with.
- C.
Apollyon had convinced them to return back.
- D.
They had no map and so had lost their way.
- 13.Where did Christian find himself as soon as he descended the Hill-Difficulty?
- A.
In the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
- B.
In Vanity-Fair.
- C.
In Hill-Lucre.
- D.
In the Valley of Humiliation.
- 14.What is at the end of the Valley of Death, which accounts for the fate of many former pilgrims?
- A.
Doubting Castle and Giant Despair.
- B.
The Hill Lucre and Demas.
- C.
A cave where two giants, Pope and Pagan, dwelt.
- D.
A door on the side of the a hill called a by-way to Hell.
- 15.Which of the following is TRUE about Talkative?
- A.
He was returning to the City of Destruction because he did not find the Celestial City.
- B.
He was more attractive when seen from at a distance than from near.
- C.
He only talked about spiritual matters.
- D.
He had a personal knowledge of the work of God’s grace in his own soul.
- 16.What was Talkative’s main problem?
- A.
He loves the world more than he loves holiness.
- B.
His faith was real but it was still very weak.
- C.
He talks about religion without practicing it.
- D.
He owned religion when it was wearing silver slippers and not when it was clothed in rags. And stood by it when it was applauded and not when it was in irons.
- 17.What counsel does Christian give to Faithful so that they might be rid of Talkative?
- A.
Ignore him completely and after a while he will get frustrated and leave.
- B.
Listen to all that he says and every time refute all his arguments showing him that he is wrong in all that he says.
- C.
Tell him bluntly that he is a liar and a hypocrite and is on his way to Hell, then pray for him.
- D.
Enter into some serious discourse about the power of religion and whether this is present in his heart, house or everyday living.
- 18.Why did the pilgrims enter the town of Vanity and go through the Fair?
- A.
The road to the Celestial City passed right through the town.
- B.
Out of curiosity. They wanted to see what was in the town and fair.
- C.
They had a mission to preach to the people of the town.
- D.
They had left the King’s Highway and chose an easier path which then led them there.
- 19.As the pilgrims entered the fair, all the people of the fair made a racket for the reasons listed below EXCEPT for one. Which is it?
- A.
The pilgrims were clothed differently than the people of the fair.
- B.
The people at the fair could not understand the pilgrims’ speech.
- C.
The people of the fair had a burden on their backs while the pilgrims had none.
- D.
The pilgrims were not interested in the goods that were being sold at the fair.
- 20.What three witnesses were brought forward to testify against Faithful during his trial?
- A.
Beelzebub, Apollyon, and Legion.
- B.
Flatterer, Atheist, and Diffidence.
- C.
Money-Love, Save-All and Hold-the-World.
- D.
Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
- 21.Which of these is the explanation of Christian’s release from the prison of Vanity Fair?
- A.
He used a key named promise to escape.
- B.
A host of angels, on a chariot, were sent to deliver him.
- C.
Evangelist returns and helps him again.
- D.
God, who overrules all things, brought it about.
- 22.After the death of Faithful, Christian is joined by another pilgrim called Hopeful. What made him join Christian?
- A.
He was sent by the people of Vanity Fair to capture Christian and bring him back.
- B.
He was impressed by the words and behaviour of Christian and Faithful in their suffering.
- C.
He too had a burden and wanted to be rid of it.
- D.
The pilgrims had spoken to him before they were tried and convinced him to join them.
- 23.What was the name of the first person that Christian and Hopeful encounter, and what was wrong with him?
- A.
Ignorance - He was not willing to learn anything from anyone.
- B.
Little-Faith – he was controlled by doubts and fears.
- C.
By-Ends – he was religious only when it was convenient.
- D.
Demas – he loved the riches of the world more than he loved God.
- 24.How do Christian and Hopeful end up parting with By-Ends and his companions?
- A.
By-Ends and his companions slowed their pace and staggered behind.
- B.
Christian and Hopeful quickened their pace and started running.
- C.
By-Ends and his companions stopped to rest at the arbour.
- D.
The pilgrims took a different road that that which By-Ends and his companions took.
- 25.What is the snare of the Silver Mine?
- A.
It is filled with many snares and pits into which pilgrims easily fall.
- B.
It is the dwelling place of various fiends who continuously shoot their arrows at the pilgrims.
- C.
It’s air naturally tended to make one drowsy, and if one sleeps, he will never awake again.
- D.
It holds a treasure that hinders in their pilgrimage those pilgrims who seek it out.
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