Welcome to Church, The Lived Experience with Ms. D. Casias Noonan
Please help me to get to know you a little better by answering the following
questions.
Your Name: __________________________________ Locker Number: __________
Homeroom #:________
Do you prefer a nickname? If so, what is it? _______________________________
Your birth date: ____________________
Your home phone #: _________________________
Your email address: _______________________________________________________
Your home address:
Are you taking any classes outside of school? ________
If your answer is yes, what are they and when do they meet?
Are you working this semester? _________
If so, where?
How many hours a week?
Are you playing sports this semester?________
What sports are you playing: _______________________
Are these for Nerinx or some other Organization? ________________________
Are you involved in Clubs this semester? ______
Which Clubs? _________________________________
Are you a member of Student Government?______
What offices do you hold? ______________________________
In order to be able to post a grade sheet, I ask for you to pick a SECRET NAME
for yourself. Please do not tell anyone else your secret name so that I can
know that your privacy is not violated. Your secret name may not be longer
than six letters &/or numbers. Please choose a name, which is acceptable for
anyone to read.
My SECRET Name will be: _______________________________________
Please pick a study partner, this is someone in this class who you will ask to
get your work, remind you about test/quiz & project due dates and take notes
for you when you are absent from class. You will agree to do the same for
her. If there are an odd number of students in this class one (*but only one)
group will be a triad (3) instead of a dyad (2).
Please write your Study Partner's name:
_____________________________and___________________________
____________________________
Please tell me the name of your favorite:
Subject: __________________________________
Flower: _______________________________
Style of dance: ______________________________
Author or Book: _____________________________
Movie: _______________________________
Style of Music: ____________________________
Please tell me the name of your favorite:
Favorite Singer or Group: _________________________
Song: ____________________________________
Color: _______________________
Place: _______________________
Food: ____________________________
Name the person you admire most: ______________________________________
List the topics that you have written papers for or researched since coming to
Nerinx:
Please name any of the Documents of Vatican II that you have studied or
written about.
Tell me something about yourself that will help me teach you better.
Do you have any questions for me?
What would you like to learn during this course?
Do you have any thing else you want to tell me about yourself?
For the next section answer the questions based on your religious affiliation,
if you are not Catholic.
What attracts you to the Catholic Church?
What do you find difficult about being Catholic?
What makes you Catholic?
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Please type each of the following essays. Each essay should be a minimum of
one page long written in complete sentences, with four to five sentences in
each paragraph. There should be four to five paragraphs to form your essay.
It may be longer if necessary. Each essay will be worth twenty-five points.
First Essay
Write an essay explaining what you think about God. Describe to the best of
your ability what God is and does. Please feel free to share and explain any
question(s) or problem(s) that concern you about God.
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: August 23/24, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Second Essay:
Write an essay explaining what you think “faith” is. Explain to the best of
your ability what it means to have faith in God. Please share how you feel
faith is acquired, sustained, and passed on. Share as much of your personal
journey of faith and the feelings, experiences, questions, struggles, and/or
encounters with faith as you are able.
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: August 27/28, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Third Essay:
Write an essay explaining what “Community” means to you. Include in your
essay a definition of community and examples of the different communities you
belong to. Focus especially on the community of family and church. Please
share your ideas, experiences, struggles, and successes with living in and
building “community.”
Instructions: Please write this honestly. Take time to think about it, and
then write from your heart. Type, spell check, and edit to ensure correct
grammar and spelling. When you finish reread it to make sure it says what
you wanted to say. Turn in your well-written heart felt final paper at the
beginning of our next class.
Assigned:August 21/22, 2007
Due: August 29/30, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Fourth Essay:
Write an essay explaining what limits or boundaries should be for each person
born into this world. Today we have laws and rules in our society our
religion and our families. Write about the most essential limits or
boundaries, which are necessary in order for human beings to live together and
create an environment of love, respect, peace and harmony. Address the issue
of human freedom and what limits are necessary and tolerable in order to
protect everyone's rights.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: September 4/5, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Fifth Essay:
Write an essay about what you need to nurture or develop your relationship
with God and the people of your world. Please explain what nurtures you and
your relationships. Explain what helps you to nurture your relationship with
God. Also share what you do to nurture those around you.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: September 6/7, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Sixth Essay:
If you could ask God one question, what would you ask God? Why would you ask
God this particular question? What answer would you hope to hear?
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: September 10/11, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Seventh Essay:
Write an essay, which explains how you remember those who first taught you
“the richness of Catholic thought and spirituality”. Include anyone who
continues to mentor you on your journey. If you practice a different faith
write this about that faith. If you do not have anyone who has or does mentor
you in the faith, write about what you would like from a mentor of faith.
Share any ways that you personally mentor others in their faith journeys.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: September 12/13, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
Eight Essay:
Write an essay, which explains what you consider to be the most important
issues of faith in the world and you local community today. Name and describe
these issues to the best of your ability. Explain what you feel the Church's
views are concerning the issues you identified. Discuss what you suggest as
possible solutions to these issues, include why you feel your suggestions
would address these issues successfully.
Instructions: Please write from your heart. Think about all sides of this
issue and present your best thoughts on the subject. Your final paper should
be typed, checked for spelling and grammar so those errors are corrected
before the paper is turned in.
Assigned: August 21/22, 2007
Due: September 14/17, 2007 at the beginning of your class period.
"Re-imagine what it means to be a full human being made in the image of God,
and to live and speak this truth in your daily life."
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Ms. Deborah Casias Noonan
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God Project Assigned: August 21/22, 2007 Due September 18/19, 2007
GOAL: Create a visual image, which reflects your personal image or experience
of God.
This must be a project, which is new -- you may not use something that has
been previously made and/or designed for another assignment.
You may use drawings; collage; a combination of words and pictures; or other
forms of visual arts to express your "image" or understanding of God and the
way(s) you experience God. Please do not give me a poster filled only with
words. This is meant to be a visual experience. It is difficult to put the
experience of the God of our understanding into words. You have already done
this with the beginning essay assignments. Now find a visual way to express
your experience of God.
* These may reflect the people, places, things or times, which have brought
the experience of God into your life more clearly. Remember the concept of
"sacred moments" from Sophomore year.
This should be no smaller than an 8" by 11" piece of paper. I would prefer
poster size.
**If you choose to do something other than a poster-type project, such as a
mobile, slide show, video, life presentation, or something totally new, it
must be approved by me within the first week that the assignment is assigned.
This is to insure both of us that you have been given the maximum amount of
time to complete your project well.
* You may use your individual talents to express your experience of God, so if
you are a dancer and want to design a dance to express your experience, you
may do so. Just tell me before hand that this is what you want to do. You
may sculpt, paint, draw, or design something, which expresses your experience.
If you are a musician and can compose and perform your experience that will
work. If you are video wizard or have some other brilliant ideas bring them
to me for approval.
Everyone in the class will see your “God Project.” You do not need to write
anything about it for me. You must be able to explain it to me, privately.
September 18/19, 2007 I will give the class a reading and worksheet assignment
to do, while I meet with each student, individually, to listen to her
explanation of the her project.
***LATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT PENALTY:
Late assignments will go down one whole letter grade for each day that it is
late. No "A" will be given to a project that is late regardless of the
reason. The project is worth 20% of your final quarter grade.
*It is DUE: At the beginning of Class on September 18/19, 2007.
IT IS CONSIDERED LATE ANYTIME AFTER THIS CLASS PERIOD.
Please inform me, if you need audio-visual equipment for your presentation so
arrangements can be made to get access to the necessary equipment. Remember
this is summer time and the Library is not open.
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Guidelines for the News article Assignments.
You are to use the National Catholic Reporter and/or the St. Louis Review to
read and report on one article each week of the Quarter. You should always
use a different week for each report and out of every four articles two should
be from the National Catholic Reporter and two should be from the St. Louis
Review (*the order does not matter). You should never have two articles from
the same week or from the same newspaper for any one week.
The purpose of this assignment is to keep you current with Catholic views on
current issues, so you should not be more than a week or two behind the
current week for the articles that you are reporting on.
These assignments are due each week refer to the dates on the syllabus.
1st: September 24/25, 2007
2nd: October 1/2, 2007
3rd: October 8/9, 2007
Second Quarter: 1st: October 29/30, 2007
2nd: November 26/27, 2007
3rd: December 3/4, 2007
These article reports are based on three things:
(a) The basic information concerning the article: [1] The name of the
Newspaper used;
[2]the date of that newspaper;
[3]the title of the article; the author (**note if no author is listed);
and [4] which article [article # 1., etc.] is this for you.
[5] Your name,
[6]the name of the course,
[7]the date the assignment is due,
and [8] your class period must also appear on the top of this assignment.
Each of these sections will be worth 4 points.
(b) A complete summary of the content of the article.
If you don't understand it, choose one you do understand. This should be a
minimum of one paragraph in length. * Points will be deducted for poor
writing, misspellings, incorrect information and/or insufficient information.
The summary should clearly state what the issue is and what the author has to
say about it.
(c) Please follow the English guidelines that you have been taught. A
paragraph should consist of 3-6 well written sentences. This is the minimum
number of sentences to be used for each of the next two sections -- the
summary of the article and your response/reaction to the information contained
in the article. Section two is worth 33 points.
(d) Your reaction/response to the article.
Points will be deducted for poor writing, misspellings, incorrect
information and/or insufficient information. You should understand what you
are talking about. You should make your point of view clear and offer
evidence to support your opinions. Section three=33 points.
Each section is worth 33 points =99 total.
Needless to say you should write in complete sentences and articulate your
ideas clearly. It should be legible and neat. If you’re unable to write
neatly, please type it.
Please remember and apply William O'Malley's five steps to the process of
thinking:
"1. Gather the data,
2. Sift the data to get the best,
3. Put the data into some kind of logical sequences so that you can
4. Draw a conclusion, and
5. Put that conclusion out to be critiqued." (62, Converting the Baptized)
Also remember O'Malley's description about opinions:
"You're opinion is only as good as the evidence that backs it up." (61)
Reports are due as soon as the newspaper begin being delivered to the library
[They will in our library in multiple copies at the reserve desk.] and will
be due the every week. Please follow the due dates listed below. There will
be no reports due the first and last week of each quarter. If you are in
class on the day the report is due, it will not be accepted late. The purpose
of this assignment is to help you be responsible for an ongoing assignment.
**You may not use a report from any date earlier than the Week of
August 24, 2007 for First quarter reports. All reports must be from the
current quarter after this date. For second Quarter Reports you may not use
any news from this first quarter, so the earliest report can come from the
week of October 19, 2007.
Many of you may have access to the St. Louis Review and/or the National
Catholic Reporter at home. Please ask your family if you are not sure.
[e] Weekly News articles are due beginning 1st: September 24/25, 2007
2nd: October 1/2, 2007
3rd: October 8/9, 2007
Second Quarter: 1st: October 29/30, 2007
2nd: November 26/27, 2007
3rd: December 3/4, 2007
** Please list the complete date: the month, the day, and the year. No
report will be graded without the date of issue on the report.
Please read the following instructions very carefully. Ask Ms. D. Casias
Noonan for clarification if you do not understand these instructions:
[There will not be a news article due the first or last week of each quarter.]
Your news article report will be due each week, see the dates listed above.
The newspapers are in the Library (*check your Public Library and the
Internet). They are at the reserve desk in Nerinx's Library and may only be
used in the Library or checked out overnight. Be sure to ask for a specific
date.
The St. Louis Review and the National Catholic Reporter may be found in our
Nerinx Hall H.S. Library at the reserve desk , you might find the St. Louis
Review at your local public library, and the National Catholic Reporter might
be found on the Internet.
**Internet addresses are: http://www.natcath.org {for National Catholic
Reporter} and
http://www.stlouisreview.com {for The St. Louis Review}.
Please read the following instructions very carefully. Ask Ms. Casias Noonan
for clarification if you do not understand these instructions: You may not use
the news from the same week for more than one report. It will not be graded.
If you turn in a report from NCR Aug. 24, 2007 for your first report, you
may not use the St. Louis Review 's Aug. 24, 2007 for any other report because
the news for Aug. 24, 2007 has already been used once.
Keep a record of the dates you use for each article in your theology folder
for this class. You may be asked to show the record of your articles to Ms.
D. Casias Noonan.
******You are to use the National Catholic Reporter [http://www.natcath.org]
and/or the St. Louis Review [http://www.stlouisreview.com ] to read and
report on one article each week of the Quarter.
You should always use a different week for each report and out of every three
articles at least one should be from the National Catholic Reporter and/or one
should be from the St. Louis Review (*the order does
not matter). These are due at the beginning of the class on the due date.
If you are present for this class, late assignments are not accepted. You may
use your birthday coupon for one of these assignments.
You should never have two articles from the same week or from the same
newspaper for any one-week no matter what paper you are using.
The purpose of this assignment is to keep you current with Catholic views on
current issues, so you should not be more than a week or two behind the
current week for the articles that you are reporting on.
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PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.
This is due: September 20/21, 2007 at the beginning of your class.
Interview: two adults (one male and one female);
Two teenagers (one male and one female);
One grade-school child (any age from 5 to 12 years, (either a
girl or a boy) and One Convert to Catholicism ( THE SIXTH PERSON SHOULD BE
SOMEONE WHO HAS CHOSEN TO BE CATHOLIC/ A CONVERT TO CATHOLICISM.
THIS PERSON MAY BE MALE OR FEMALE – ADULT OR TEEN.)
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****Note that names of those interviewed are not necessary. Each person
interviewed should be identified by age (years old and adult, teen, child/
grade-level). For Adults please identify at least the age range, if not the
actual age for example: twenties; thirties; forties; fifties, sixties, etc.
Also note if the answers to the questions are from a male or female person.
*This must be typed!
Invite each person interviewed to share his or her thoughts, ideas, and
questions about God. Use the following questions in your interview. Remember
that you may have to rephrase the questions for younger individuals. All
questions should be discussed in the interview. The person interviewed
should not be given a questionnaire to write answers on. This is a dialogue
not a test.
Write/record the answers for each of the questions as each person answered
them interviewed. Follow each set of answers with your personal
reflection/reaction about the interview you just did.
Each answer is worth 1 point.
The Convert will be asked all 15 questions = 15 points
The Two Adults and Two Teens will each answer questions 1-14 = (4 X 14
questions) x 1 points = 56 points
The One Child will answer the first 6 questions (1 X 6 = 6) = 6 points
Plus (6 reactions/reflections worth 1 points each, one for each person
interviewed 6 X 1 = 6 points
The whole assignment will be worth 83 points total.
* Please write each individual's interview and your reaction to that interview
together in one section.
Do not write everyone's answer to question number one and then all the answers
to question number two. Please write the entire interview for each person and
follow it with your personal reaction to that specific interview, immediately
after that interview. Please identify each person interviewed only by his or
her gender and age, for example: Adult Male; or eight-year-old female.
If you have any questions, please ask Ms. D. Casias Noonan before you leave
class on the day this is assigned. Definitely ask your questions before you
begin interviewing.
***The purpose of this exercise is to learn from others how they experience
God. Please don't pick someone you know does not believe in God, because they
won't be able or comfortable answering the questions. You may interview any
person of Faith; she/he does not have to be Catholic or Christian.
Part I: Ask all people being interviewed the first six questions:
1) Ask each person, "Who is God?" or Please describe your understanding of “God”.
2) "When, where, or how do you experience the presence of a God/ the divine
being / or holy presence in your life?"
3) Ask them: Where they find it easiest to pray, talk to, or be with God.
Explain what the spiritual practices (*example: read scripture, go to
Mass/Service, or retreats) they do to nourish your faith?"
4) Ask them to tell you how they learned about God or who taught them about God?
5) Ask them to share their questions about God and how they found answers to
those questions, which may have been answered at this point in their lives.
6) Ask them if they know when they first believed in God; or when they stopped
believing (whichever one applies to the individual you are speaking with.)?
The remaining questions are only for all the teens and adults:
7) "What role does faith play in your life?" or How does your belief in God
influence your life?
8) "What values or religious beliefs do you cherish and why are these values
important to you?"
9) " In what ways do your religious beliefs challenge you in your daily life?"
10) "How would you describe your involvement in the Catholic Church? Why are
you Catholic? How long have you been Catholic?” (If they are a member of a
different faith, substitute the name of that faith; if they used to be
Catholic but are no longer Catholic, ask why they are no longer a Catholic?)
11) Ask them to complete the following sentence, " A Christian is...." [This
should be asked regardless of their faith or religion.]
12) In your opinion, what makes someone Catholic? How do you believe faith in
God and membership in the Church are related?
13) Ask them to describe or explain their image and experience of the
Church/faith community.
14) Ask them if they can describe the person(s) who have helped them most to
be a Christian/ or member of their religion.
**This last question is for the sixth person—the person who is a convert to
Catholicism.
15. Please explain why he or she chose to be Catholic.
Part II: Write a paragraph for each person interviewed which describes
your reaction to that individual person's responses to the questions in part
one above.
**Note that you will write a separate reaction for each individual not one for
all interviews.
Please remember that all answers should be numbered to match the question they
are the response to. They should be listed in order for each person. Example
Nine year old male
1. answer
2. answer
3. answer, etc. after the last answer
Your reaction to this interview should be written.
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+++++ The Great Divorce Worksheet is due Oct.22/23, 2007 - It should be ready
to be turned in at the beginning of this class.
1. Who wrote The Great Divorce?
2. How does Lewis describe the subject in the preface? Whose divorce the
book is about?
3. Do you agree or disagree with the statement : “….that mere development or
adjustment or refinement will somehow turn evil into good without our being
called on for a final and total rejection of anything we should like to
retain.” [p.VII] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
4. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: “Even on the biological
level life is not like a river but like a tree. It does not move towards
unity but away from it and the creatures grow further apart as they increase
in perfection. Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not
only from evil but from other good.” [p.VIII] Do you think that "life is like
a river or a tree"? Why do you think this?
Do you think that "Good becomes more different from evil and also from other
good"? Explain your answer.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the statement: “A sum can be put right: but
only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that
point, never by simply going on. Evil can be undone, but it cannot ‘develop’
into good.” [p.VIII] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
6. Do you agree or disagree with Lewis’ statement: “If we insist on keeping
Hell (or even Earth) we shall not see Heaven: if we accept Heaven we shall
not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell. “
[pp.VIII—IX] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement. Find
examples from the story, which demonstrate this. (*Note at least two examples)
7. Discuss what you think about Lewis’ ideas that “…earth, if chosen instead
of Heaven, will turn out to have been, all along, only a region in Hell: and
earth, if put second to Heaven, to have been from the beginning a part of
Heaven itself.” [p. IX] Explain why you agree or disagree with this statement.
Find examples from the story, which demonstrate the truth of this statement.
**Answer this question after you have read the entire book.
8. When did C.S. Lewis write this book? (*Use the copyright date.)
9. Where does the narrator find himself at the beginning of the story? What is
this place like ? Describe what it looks like.
10. Where is the bus stop? Describe the bus that the narrator rode. What
does the narrator observe about the Bus Driver?
11. Who are the residents of the place called the grey town? Be specific when
discussing who lives in the grey town. What are the inhabitants like? Name
three famous residents of the grey town according to the story.
12. What is the reason for the behavior of the people in the grey town
according to the Intelligent Man?
13. What direction does the bus go when it leaves the grey town? Describe the
place that the bus took the souls to. What does this place look like? How is
this place different from the grey town? How did the narrator feel when he
arrived there?
14. What happened to the appearance of the passengers who got off the bus?
Explain why this happened.
15. Describe the figures that came to meet the passengers. What is their
purpose in coming to meet the souls who get off the bus? Why do they come to
meet the souls on the bus?
16. Describe what happened between the Big Ghost = Big Man and the solid
spirit= Bright Person who was sent to meet him? Who was the Ghost? Who was
the solid spirit? Tell their story.
17. What does the solid spirit/”Len” invite the Big Ghost to do? What must
be done in order for the Big Ghost’s feet to grow hard enough to walk on the
grass of this place?
18. Why was this particular solid spirit sent to the Big Ghost? How did the
Big Ghost respond to this information?
19. What happened in the encounter between the Bright Spirit/Dick and the Fat
Ghost with the cultured voice/Episcopal Ghost? Tell the story.
20. How does the Bright Spirit describe Hell? What does it say about
Purgatory?
21. What does the Bright Spirit/Dick ask the Episcopal Ghost to do after it
tells him, “ You have seen Hell: you are in sight of Heaven.”? [p.39]
22. What does the Episcopal Ghost want from the Spirit? What can the Spirit
give the Ghost?
23. Why must the Episcopal Ghost become like a child again? What does the
Spirit offer the Ghost if he can do this?
24. Explain what does the Episcopal Ghost choose to do? What doesn’t he want
to give up?
25. What did the narrator discover about the waterfall? Describe what he
sees and hears.
26. What was the Bowler-hatted Ghost called Ikey trying to do? Did he
succeed? Explain why or why not.
27. What did the tall ghost of a lean hard-bitten man with grey hair and a
gruff, but not uneducated voice say to the Narrator? Why does this cause the
narrator to doubt the intentions of the Solid People?
28. What does the Spirit say about “Shame” to the well-dressed woman ghost?
What was her problem? How did the Bright Person try to help her? What does
she need to do?
29. Who was George MacDonald? Why do you think he was sent to the narrator?
What does the Narrator call him?
30. What did the narrator learn from his Teacher when he asked, “How these
Ghosts come to be here?” [p.67]?
31. What did the narrator learn from his Teacher when he asked, “Is there
really a way out of Hell into Heaven?” [p.68] Explain what you think about
this information.
32. Which land is called the Valley of the Shadow of Life? Who lives there?
What did you learn about this place?
33. Which land is called the Valley of the Shadow of Death? Who lives there?
What did you learn about this place?
34. According to the story, some say “… that Heaven and Hell are only states
of mind.” Explain how the author explains each place.
35. Is there a real choice after death? How does Milton explain the choice of
“every lost soul”?
36. What is the story of Sir Archibald? What does he choose to do? Why?
37. Describe three examples of people like Sir Archibald. (These are specific
examples given in this section of the story.)
38. Who is being described in the following quote: “…they have come further
for the sake of the Ghosts then ye can understand. Every one of us lives only
to journey further and further into the mountains. Everyone of us has
interrupted that journey and retraced immeasurable distances to come down
today on the mere chance of saving some Ghost….” [p.74]?
39. Explain the two kinds of people that exist in the end as described by the
Teacher. What does each kind of person choose? How does this help us
understand that Hell is a choice that souls make?
40. Describe the thin voiced ghost who was angry that she died young after
an operation. What does she become? What happens to her?
41. What is the last horror? Which set of Ghosts faces this and what do
they do as a result?
42. What did you learn from the story about the Ghost who had been an
artist? What is the artist asked to give up? What did he decide to do? Why?
43. What happens to a Ghost who is able to drink from the fountain that is up
in the mountains? What does this story teach you about fame and heaven?
44. What did you learn from the story of the female Ghost/Robert’s wife and
one of the bright Women/Hilda, Robert’s mother? Tell the story and explain
what happened to this ghost. What was she asked to give up? Did she? Why or
why not?
45. Explain the story of the woman Ghost/Pam Michael’s mother and the Bright
Spirit/her brother Reginald. What must she learn to do? What does she choose
to do? Why?
46. What lesson about “love” is taught by the story of Michael’s mother? What
must happen to “natural love”?
47. What lesson did you learn from the story of the Ghost who carried a
little red lizard on his shoulder? What does the Flaming Spirit/Angel offer
to do for him? What happens to each in the end? Why?
48. What did the Lizard turn into? How? Why?
49. Tell the story of Sarah Smith. What did you learn about the Spirit who
on Earth had been known as Sarah Smith? What lesson does her story teach?
50. Tell the story of the Lady/Sarah Smith and the Dwarf Ghost/Frank her
husband and the Tragedian/a great tall Ghost. What did you learn from the
story about the Lady and the Dwarf Ghost?
51. What happened to the Dwarf and to the Tragedian? Why?
52. What did you learn about the two kinds of pity? Explain each type of pity.
53. What did the narrator learn about Hell ? How does the Teacher explain
the difference between the size of Heaven and Hell?
54. How is a damned soul described? Be specific and give details. What
does it become incapable of doing? Why?
55. Who is the only one, who can make itself small enough to enter Hell? Why
is this possible?
56. Was the narrator really in Heaven or was his vision only a dream?
57. Explain what kind of choices were presented in this book. What did you
learn about the nature of choice from the stories contained in this book?
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Prepare for the test. It will be the day after we finish discussing these
questions. Around Oct. 26/29, 2007.
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