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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wife suggest She Te invent to help her run the shop?

2. What do the Gods apologize to Wong for?

3. What do the Policeman and the Old Woman write for Shen Te?

4. Who do the others suggest Wong goes to?

5. What does Wong do when he sees the Gods have gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem do the Gods face?

2. Why does Wong runaway from the Gods?

3. What does Mrs Yang tell the audience?

4. How does Shen Te help Yang Sun in scene 4?

5. What do the Gods ask Wong to do?

6. Why does Shui Ta say $300 for the shop is not enough?

7. Why does Mrs. Yang delay the wedding?

8. What does the Wife suggest to Shen Te in the first scene?

9. How doees Shu Fu help Shen Te?

10. What happens outside Shen Te's shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Asian and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. A plague sweeps through the town.

2. The Gods give each resident of the town 1,000 silver dollars.

3. A foreign army takes over the town.

Essay Topic 3

What are the arguments for and against implementing religious ideal? What are Brecht's opinions on religion and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Brecht?

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