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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 is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?
2. What is the one thing Yuan will miss when he is abroad?
3. How does Yuan show a lack of courtesy towards the old tenants, besides inviting himself into their home?
4. Why is Yuan envious of Sheng?
5. What does Ai-lan say she will teach Yuan to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What finally pushes Yuan to join the cause?
2. Why do Sheng and Yuan separate once they arrive in America?
3. How do the villagers respond to Yuan leaving the countryside?
4. What does the letter from Yuan's father in Chapter 1 say, and what is Yuan's reaction to it?
5. How does Yuan feel when he is told that his father has arranged a marriage for him?
6. How is danger for the revolutionaries foreshadowed when Yuan, Ai-lan, and the lady mother are on the way to meet Yuan's uncle?
7. Why does Yuan have reservations about joining the revolutionary cause?
8. How does the maid turn into yet another trap for Yuan's freedom?
9. What does Yuan think of the women at the pleasure houses?
10. Why does Yuan seem to despise the American people?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose at least three symbols from the text and analyze the role they play in A House Divided. How do symbols contribute to the novel and Yuan's development? Cite at least three examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
The number three is significant in several ways, one being that there are three stages in Yuan's life. Describe these three stages and how they compare and contrast. These stages of life are represented by the three different chapters. Explain how this is significant.
Essay Topic 3
How does Yuan's self-versus-self conflict influence his development as a character? How does this conflict affect his search for absolute freedom? Does Yuan find that absolute freedom is elusive? Cite examples from the text that support your argument.
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