Pilgrim's Progress

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Vocabulary Chapter. 1-4• Evangelist• A person who practices

preaching and spreading the gospel

•Wicket• A small gate or door

especially one built or near a larger one

•Obstinate• Stubbornly adhering to an

attitude or a course of action•Pliable

• Easily influenced or convinced

•Destruction• The condition of having been

destroyed; ruined•Despond• Being low in spirits;

depressed•Help• To contribute to; further the

progress or advancement

Chapter 1 questions•What was the burden that Christian was carrying?•What was Christian so afraid of at the beginning of the story?•What book was Christian reading before he left his home?• Christian was told to keep his eye on what item in the beginning of the journey?• Explain why Christian had a burden, but no one else did.•Who first pointed Christian in the right direction?•What did Evangelist give to Christian?

Chapter 2 questions•Christian was fleeing from what city?

•How did Christian’s friends and family respond when he told them that their city would be destroyed?

Chapter 3 and 4 questions• (Ch. 3)•Why was Pliable able to easily leave the Slough of Despond when Christian needed help?• (Ch. 4)•Explain what happened with Pliable.• In which place does the scum and filth of sin collect?•How did Help help Christian?

Vocabulary Chapter. 5-8Speed drills•Worldlywise• Experienced in the ways of

the world•Morality• A set of ideas about what is

right and wrong in human conduct & relationships

• Legality• Something required by law

•goodwill• An attitude of kindliness or

friendliness

•Beelzebub• The devil

•Deliverance• Rescue from danger or

slavery• Interpreter

A person who explains something

Chapter 5 and 6 questions(Ch. 5)•Who sent Christian to Morality to find a way to get rid of his burden?•What did Mr. Worldly Wiseman say would become of Christian if he followed the advice of Evangelist?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Ch. 6)•Who discovered that Christian had left the straight and narrow path to seek Mr. Legality?•Why are we unable to get rid of our sins by keeping the ten commandments? •What happened to Christian’s burden as he approached Mr. Legality’s house?

Chapter 7 questions(Ch. 7)•What was Christian supposed to do when he got to the gate?•Who opened the Wicket Gate for Christian to pass through?•Who can shut the Wicket Gate?•Why did the gatekeeper pull Christian inside the gate quickly?•Who is the chief at the strong fort near the gate?•Why would Beelzebub try so hard to keep people from entering the Wicket Gate?•How is the right path different from all the others?

Chapter 8 questions(Ch. 8)•What does the law do?•What does the girl sprinkling water represent?• In the end, who was happier, Passion or Patience? Why?

Vocabulary Chapter. 9-11•Salvation• Preservation or deliverance from

destruction, difficulty, or evil• simple• Having or showing little

intelligence, education, or experience

• sloth• Dislike and avoidance of work;

laziness•presumption• Behavior or language that is

arrogant or offensive

• formalist• Of or relating to the outside

form rather than the structure•hypocrisy• The practice of or expressing

feelings, beliefs, or virtues that one does not actually hold or possess

•difficulty• A laborious effort, struggle

• Spring• A small stream of water flowing naturally

from the earth

Vocabulary Chapter. 9-11•Danger• The chance of risk or harm

or destruction• timorous• Easily frightened; timid

•mistrust• Regard with suspicion

•beautiful• Pleasing to the senses or

mind•watchful

• Closely observant; alert•discretion• The quality of being careful

about what you do and say so that people will not be embarrassed or offended

•prudence• Wisdom in handling practical

matters; sensible• piety• Religious devotion and reverence to God

Vocabulary Chapter. 9-11•charity•Help or relief to the needy

•peace•The absence of war or other hostilities

•delectable•Greatly pleasing or delicious; enjoyable

• Immanuel•God with us

•humiliation•The act of lowering the pride, diginity, or self-respect

Chapter 9 questions•What happened to Christian’s burden when he reached the cross?•What did the Bright Ones give to Christian?•Now that Christian has lost his burden, where is he going?•What three people chose to remain in chains rather than let Christian help them?•What are the names of the two roads that left Christian’s path at the base of the Hill of difficulty?•How are Formalist and Hypocrisy like people inside the church today?•Where did Christian lose the scroll that was given to him by the three bright ones? How did he lose it?•Who left the journey because they saw two lions on the right path?

Chapter 10-11 questionsChapter 10:• What do we learn about faith through the two lions that Christian found on the path?•Who built the Beautiful Palace? Why? What does this show you about God?

Chapter 11:• Who were Christian’s hosts at the Beautiful Palace?• Why does Christian want to go to Mount Zion?• What did the sisters show (or do for) Christian while he stayed at their home?

Why? • What did the sisters give to Christian to help on his journey?• Why did the sisters think it was a good idea for Christian to see the

Delectable Mountains before he continued on his journey?

Vocabulary Chapter. 12-14• shadow• An area from which light is

wholly or partly blocked due to the presence of an opaque object between it and the source of light

• faithful• Loyal and dutiful;

trustworthy• vanity• Excessive pride; conceit;

futility; worthlessness

•Hate-good• To have a great dislike for positive or desirable qualities

•envy• A feeling of discontent or resentment caused by wanting something that is possessed or is achieved by someone else

Vocabulary Chapter. 12-14•superstition• An action or a practice that is based on faith in magic or chance

•Pick-thank• To choose or select acknowledgment of a favor or gift

•Blind-man• A man who is unwilling or unable to perceive or understand

•No-good•Not close to being positive or desirable

•malice• The desire to harm others or to see others suffer

• Love-ease• A strong liking for the

freedom from difficulty, strain, or great effort

Vocabulary Chapter. 12-14• Live-loose• To conduct one’s life free

from confinement, bonds or fetters

• High-mind• Advanced in development or

complexity of the human consciousness

• heady• Characterized by hasty

action or willfully rash behavior; headstrong

• Enmity• Deep-seated, often mutual

hatred

• liar• A person who tells untrue

statements in order to deceive someone

• cruelty• The condition or quality of

causing suffering or pain• Hate-light• To have a great dislike for

understanding through knowledge and information

• Implacable• Impossible to calm or

appease

Chapter 12 questionsChapter 12:1. Who is Apollyon?2. Why did Christian refuse to return with

Apollyon?3. What did Apollyon promise Christian if he

would turn back?4. What weapon did Christian use to fight

Apollyon? 5. How long did Christian fight Apollyon?6. Where was Christian wounded?7. What healed Christian’s wounds?8. What does Christian do as soon as

Apollyon leaves?

Chapter 13 questionsChapter 13:1. Describe the Valley of the Shadow of

Death.2. Who can successfully pass through the

Valley of the Shadow of Death?3. Where did Christian think the bad words

came from?4. Who was really responsible for the evil

sayings that Christian heard? 5. What weapon did Christian use against

the terrible noises from the pit?6. What friend did Christian find reciting

Psalm 23?

Chapter 14 questions 1. What happened to Christian & Faithful

at Vanity Fair?2. What were the two pilgrims blamed for?3. What does the world think about

Christians?4. What happened to Faithful after he was

put to death?

Vocabulary Chapter. 15-16• hopeful• A person who wishes to succeed or shows promise in succeeding in something

• By-path• An indirect or little-used path

• Vain-confidence• Lacking substance, but having a feeling of

assurance, especially self-assurance

• doubting• Being uncertain of; questioning or distrusting

• despair• Utter lack of hope

Chapter 15 questions 1. What is the name of one man

who became a Christian as a result of the testimony of Christian and Faithful?

2. Who was the false guide in the By-Path meadow?

Chapter 16 questions

1. Where did Giant Despair live?2. Who gave Giant Despair advice

on what to do with the pilgrims?3. What did Christian finally

remember that allowed them to escape Giant Despair?

Vocabulary Chapter. 17-20• delectable• Greatly pleasing or

delicious; enjoyable• knowledge• Awareness or understanding

gained through experience or study

• experience• The knowledge or skill

derived from participation in events or activities

watchful• Closely observant or alert

•sincere•Genuine or true; not false or affected

Error• Something that is incorrect, wrong, or false

Caution• Care to avoid danger or trouble

Clear• Free from anything that dims, darkens or obscures; transparent

Vocabulary Chapter. 17-20• enchanted• Attracted or delighted

• conceit• An overly high opinion of

one’s abilities or worth; vanity

• ignorance• The condition of lacking

education or knowledgeBeulah• A place of peace and

rest


1. Who welcomed the pilgrims when they arrived at the Delectable Mountains?

2. What were the pilgrims given when they left Delectable Mountains?


1. After leaving the shepherds, what land did the pilgrims come to next?

2. Who told the pilgrims that he would get to heaven by good works?


1. What did Hopeful want to do when they reached the Enchanted Ground?

2. How did Christian keep Hopeful awake and alert?

3. When they reached the land of Beulah, what were they able to see?

Chapter 20 questions 1. What stood between the pilgrims

and the gate to Zion?2. What kept Christian and Hopeful

from sinking into the river?

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