Waiting Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Waiting Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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. Why does Geng Yang think Lin should sleep with Manna?

2. What is the reason Manna gives Lin for wanting to sleep with him?

3. Why does the audience cry during "The Flower Girl"?

4. Why does Haiyan think Lin refuses to take the opportunity to use her sister's house?

5. Commissar Wei stops in Muji City on his way to which border?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lin think an attempt to pay Shuyu or Bensheng for a divorce would fail?

2. Why does Shuyu's brother object to Lin's wish for a divorce?

3. How is Manna extremely selfish in the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. Why is Lin concerned that Bensheng invites Ren to his house?

5. Why doesn't Geng Yang cry during "The Flower Girl?" What conclusion does Manna draw about him?

6. What is the relationship Manna Wu invents between Lin Kong and Pinging Ma? Why does Manna think Pingping is more appealing to Lin than she is?

7. What is the crowd at the courthouse defending when they are scolding Lin?

8. Since Manna and Lin broke up, what has Manna been doing to spite Lin? How does this reach its climax in Chapter 10?

9. Why is Lin's response to "Leaves of Grass" peculiar to his usual tendencies towards literature?

10. How does Lin change the direction of his and Manna's relationship as his divorce seems less and less likely?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about honesty and dishonesty answering the following questions:

- How do characters lie to each other?

- How do characters lie to themselves?

- What effect does honesty have on their lives?

- Which holds characters and relationships together best: lies or honesty?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure or "Waiting". Focus on the following:

- Its symmetry and organization.

- Its circular and recursive motion.

- Compare to traditional narrative structure (rising action, climax, falling action, etc.) and how "Waiting" breaks, uses, and redefines "structure".

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Geng Yang and what he embodies, represents, and provides.

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