The Good Person of Szechuan | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. What does Wong tell the audience?

Wong tells the audience three Gods are visiting his poverty stricken home town of Szechuan. He says the town folk are expecting the Gods to change their lives.

2. How does Wong help the Gods?

Wong tries to help the Gods find a place to stay for the night. He tells the Gods that everyone in the village would be willing to put them up, but everyone turns them away. As a last resort Wong takes them to the house of Shen Te's, a local prostitute.

3. What problem do the Gods face?

After the majority of the town have turned them away, the Gods complain it is the same everywhere in the world. All they want to find is a good person, but everyone they meet is non-religious.

4. Why does Wong runaway from the Gods?

When Wong...
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