THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS- JOHN BUNYAN

1.      PART – I : Deals with sufferings and purgation of Christian to reach Eternal city.

2.      PART II: Deals with sufferings and purgation of Christiana to reach Eternal city.

3.      Who published Pilgrim’s Progress? Nathaniel Ponder.

4.      What did Christian first saw in his dream? Evangelist.

5.      What did Mr. Worldly wiseman adivse Christian? To go back to his family.

6.      Where did Mr. Worldly wiseman live? Carnal policy, a town.

7.      Where did Christian meet Apollyon? Valley of Humiliation.

8.      In vanity fair, a fair was held through out the year. Who was the chief lord of this fair? Beelzebub

9.      Where was Faithful punished and died? Vanity fair.

10.  Who told the author that Christian had gone on a Pilgrimage with her children? Mr. Sagacity.

11.  “There were only two minds in the 17^th century which possessed the imaginative faculty in a very eminent degree”- Macaulay.

12.  Where did Christian journey end in? Land of Beulah.

13.  How many parts Pilgrim’s Progress consist of?  2 parts.

14.  Who is Mr. Great Heart? Giant.

15.  How many sons Christian had?  4

16.  Who is the young lady who decided to go with Christiana for a pilgrimage? Mercy

17.  To which Biblical character Mercy is compared?  Moses

18.  Who was Christiana’s eldest son?  Mathew

19.  Who saved Christiana from Giant Grim?  Great Heart.

20.  Who suggested that Mercy and Mathew should be married? Interpreter.

21.  Who are the two characters reached the celestial city?  Christian and Christiana

22.  What does vanity fair stand for?  Hell

23.  What does Apollyon stand for?   a destroyer,angel of the bottomless pit

24.  On whose advice, Christian left his home?  Evangelist.

25.  What does Slough of Despond stand for?  Doubt

26.  Wicked gate stands for?  Despair.

27.  Palace of Beautiful stands for?  Heaven.

28.  Where did Christian’s journey end at?  Celestial city.

29.  Where did Christian live? City of Destruction

30.  Which commodity was scarce in vanity fair?  Truth

31.  What is the full title of The Pilgrim’s Progress?  The Pilgrim’s Progress- a dream.

32.  The narrator learns about Christian from  a dream.

33.  Pliable turns back to the City of Destruction after a bad experience in the Slough of Despond.

34.  After seeing the cross and climbing the hill of Difficulty, Christian falls asleep and loses his certificate of entry to the Celestial City

35.  Discretion, Piety, Charity, and Prudence are mistresses of the Palace Beautiful.

36.  Apollyon’s skin is covered with scales

37.  The Giants Pope and Pagan present no danger to Christian because they are too old and weak.

38.  Faithful is Christian’s travel companion.

39.  Christian is imprisoned at Vanity for disrespecting the local religion.

40.  At the trial in Vanity, Faithful is executed.

41.  Demas tempts Christian with silver.

42.  Christian is able to escape from the Doubting Castle because he remembers he has a key.

43.  In the Delectable Mountains, Christian is entertained by shepherds.

44.  Just before arriving in the Celestial City, Christian nearly dies in a river.

45.  Beulah is a land

46.  The streets of the Celestial City are paved with gold.

47.  Mercy is Christiana’s servant and companion.

48.  The garden from which Christiana’s sons steal fruit belongs to the devil.

49.  Mr. Brisk spends time with the pilgrims in order to woo Mercy.

50.  The pilgrims kill Giant Good-slay just in time to save Feeble-mind.

51.  Ready-to-halt is lame.

52.  Gaius’s two daughters marry Christiana’s sons.

53.  The pilgrims Heedless and Too-bold are met when they are asleep.

54.  After he is killed, Giant Despair’s castle  is destroyed.

55.  Standfast shows admirable courage in resisting Madam Bubble.

56.  In the Celestial City Christiana learns that she will go to meet her Master  from a letter.

57.  What is Christian’s destination? Mount Zion

58.  When does Bunyan reveal Christian’s proper name? Only after he has become a true and understanding pilgrim

59.  Who inspires Christian to go on a pilgrimage? the Evangelist

60.  Where does the Evangelist instruct Christian to go first? The Wicket Gate

61.  What do Christian’s neighbors think about his journey? They mock him and tell him to return

62.  What does Christian do when his wife calls after him to re-think his departure? He puts his fingers in his ears and keeps going

63.  Who is the first person (or people) to accompany Christian on his pilgrimage? Pliable and Obstinate

64.  Why does Pliable ultimately turn back? He gets frustrated with the difficulty and danger of the journey

65.  What happens to Christian and the other pilgrims in the Slough of Despond? They are each made aware of the weight and pervasiveness of his or her own sin

66.  Who meets Christian after he passes through the Slough of Despond? Mr. Worldly Wiseman

67.  What does Mr. Worldly Wiseman instruct Christian to do? That he can shed his burden by going to live in Morality

68.  What do the visions at the Interpreter's House inspire in Christian? Hope and Fear

69.  What are Shining Ones? Angels

70.  How many Shining Ones appear to Christian after he leaves the Interpreter's House? Three

71.  Which of the following do the Shining Ones NOT give to Christian? A copy of the Bible

72.  What happens when Christian falls asleep on his way up the Hill of Difficulty? He drops the roll that marks his election

73.  Where does Christian find his scroll? Under a bench

74.  What do the lions represent in the allegory? Government and Church authorities

75.  How does Christian escape the lions? They are asleep

76.  How many damsels are at the Beautiful Palace? 4

77.  Why does Christian cry when talking to Charity? He misses his wife and children

78.  What do the damsels give Christian before sending him on his way? Food and armor.

79.  John Bunyan began writing “The Pilgrim's Progress” when he was Lying in prison

80.  What was his proper name as a citizen of the City of Destruction? Graceless

81.  What do the rags and the burden of Christianrepresent? His righteousness and his sins

82.  What motivates him to leave his wife and children? He had a burden on his back that he wanted to get rid of.

83.  What was written on the parchment roll that Evangelist gave to Christian? Flee from the wrath to come. (Matthew 3:7)

84.  Towards what does Evangelist direct Christian to? The Wicket-Gate and a Shining Light.

85.  Who follows Christian intending to convince him to return home? Obstinate and Pliable

86.  When they tell him their purpose for coming after him, Christian tells them that they are wasting their time because he will not go back with them. What reason does he give them for not returning with them? Because whoever stays in the City of Destruction will die there.

87.  What does Obstinate value more than escaping the damnation of Hell? Friends and comforts.

88.  Who of the following joins Christian on his pilgrimage, and then turns back at the first obstacle? Pliable

89.  Who pulls Christian out of the Slough of Despond? Help

90.  What advice does Mr. Worldy-Wiseman give to Christian to help him get rid of his burden? Find the city of Morality and seek out a gentleman by the name of Legality.

91.  Why did Good-Will, the Porter, pull Christian in through the gate? To save him from the arrows shot by demons.

92.  Which of the following  shown to Christian during his stay at the Interpreter’s House? A very dark dungeon, nasty and stinking.

93.  Part of the highway was fenced on either side with a wall. What was the name of that wall? Salvation.

94.  When does the burden fall from Christian’s back? When he beholds the cross.

95.  Christian meets three Shining Ones. One told him “Your sins are forgiven”. One stripped him of his rags and clothed him with a change of raiment. One gave him a roll with a seal on it, which he bid him look on as he ran. One set a mark on his forehead.

96.  As he descended the hill, Christian finds Simple, Sloth and Presumption. In what state are they in? Fast asleep with chains on their heels.

97.  Christian met two men who came tumbling over the wall and did not enter through the Wicket-Gate. What were their names? Formalist and Hypocrisy

98.  In what did Christian differ from these two men? He walked by the rule of his Master, they walked by the rude working of their fancies.

99.  What was the name of the hill that Christian had to climb before arriving at the Palace Beautiful? Difficulty

100.   What happened to Christian half-way up the hill in the arbour? He slept and lost his roll.

101.   What was the reason Timorous and Mistrust were returning back? The further they went, the more danger they met with

102.   Two lions blocked Christian’s way to the Palace-Beautiful. How did he manage to get through? He kept in the middle of the path.

103.   Prudence, Piety and Charity are Welcoming Virgins

104.   What was the name of the chamber in which Christian spent the night during his stay at the Palace-Beautiful? Peace

105.   Where did Christian find himself as soon as he descended the Hill-Difficulty? In the Valley of Humiliation

106.   Why does Apollyon attack and resist Christian? He hated the Prince, his laws and his people.

107.   As the battle drew to a close, what did Christian say as he rose again from the ground to deliver the final blow to Apollyon? “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy! When I fall I shall arise again.” (Micah.7:8)

108.   As Christian travels in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, who comes to meet him? A company of fiends.

109.   Sometime later, just before dawn, Christian hears something else, this time consoling. What is it? The voice of a man, as going before him

110.   What is at the end of the Valley of Death, which accounts for the fate of many former pilgrims? A cave where two giants, Pope and Pagan, dwelt.

111.   Before meeting with Christian, Faithful met with all of the following individuals-

112.   Adam the First.Shame.Madam Wanton.Discontent.

113.   Which of the following is  about Talkative? He was more attractive when seen from at a distance than from near.

114.   What was Talkative’s main problem? He talks about religion without practicing it

115.   What counsel does Christian give to Faithful so that they might be rid of Talkative? Enter into some serious discourse about the power of religion and whether this is present in his heart, house or everyday living

116.   Why did the pilgrims enter the town of Vanity and go through the Fair? The road to the Celestial City passed right through the town.

117.   What three witnesses were brought forward to testify against Faithful during his trial? Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.

118.   After the death of Faithful, Christian is joined by  another pilgrim called Hopeful. What made him join Christian? He was impressed by the words and behaviour of Christian and Faithful in their suffering

119.   What was the name of the first person that Christian and Hopeful encounter, and what was wrong with him? By-Ends – he was religious only when it was convenient.

120.   How do Christian and Hopeful end up parting with By-Ends and his companions? By-Ends and his companions slowed their pace and staggered behind.

121.   What is the snare of the Silver Mine? It holds a treasure that hinders in their pilgrimage those pilgrims who seek it out.

122.   Just beyond the plain, the pilgrims encounter a strange object. What is it and to what purpose was it put there? A pillar of salt intended to be a sign and an example.

123.   Continuing on their journey, the pilgrims come to a Stile leading to By-Path Meadow. What happens there? They leave the way and are lost.

124.   For what reason did the pilgrims chose to leave the narrow way and walk in another path? Because they wished for a better road which was not as hard as the way they were in.

125.   Diffidence, his wife, suggests to Giant Despair that rather than kill his captives outright, he should Coax them to do away with themselves.

126.   What enables the pilgrims to escape from Doubting Castle? Christian remembers he has a key by the name of Promise and uses it.

127.   After escaping, the pilgrims finally get back to the Stile. What do they do? They erect a pillar and engrave a warning on it.

128.   What was the name of the character the pilgrims saw bound by seven ropes and carried by seven devils? Turn-Away.

129.   What was Little-Faith doing when he was attacked by the three villains? He had just woken from his sleep and preparing to continue his journey.

130.   When the pilgrims hear of such robberies as the one of Little-Faith what should they do? They should be sure to go out harnessed and ask for the King to accompany them

131.   The Flatterer leads Christian and Hopeful out of the way and into his net because They failed to look at the Map given to them by the Shepherds

132.   The pilgrims now meet Atheist. What reason did he give them for his turning back? There was no such place as the Celestial-City since he did not find it.

133.   What did the pilgrims do to prevent drowsiness as they passed through the Enchanted Ground? They fell into good discourse on spiritual matters

134.   In the land called Beulah, Bunyan portrayed the pilgrims as doing what more than at any other time in their journey? Talking in their sleep.

135.   Which pilgrim almost drowned as he crossed the River of Death? Christian

136.   Why were the pilgrims able to ascend the hill that led to the Celestial City with such ease? They had left their mortal garments behind them

137.   What happened to Christian and Hopeful the moment they entered the gate? They were transfigured and had raiment put on that shone like gold.

138.   What is the name of the ferry-man that with his boat helped Ignorance to cross the River of Death? Vain-Hope

139.   What happens to Ignorance when he reaches thegates of the Celestial City? He is seized and tossed through a door into Hell.

140.   108260 words were used in this work.

141.   Who objects the path in valley of humiliation?  Giant maul

142.   Who advises the pilgrims to go to an inn? Father honest.

143.   Who entertained them in the inn? Gaius.

144.   How long did they stay there?  1 month

145.   Mathew marries Merci.

146.   James marries Phoebe.

147.   Phoebe is daughter of Gaius.

148.   In Vanity fair Samuel maries Grace.

149.   Grace is the daughter of Mr. Mauson.

150.   Joseph marries Martha.

151.   Martha is the second daughter of Mauson.

152.   Christiana crosses the river of Death but the sons and their wives stay on the other bank.