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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. When Yuan writes to his father from America, what does he tell him?
2. Why are guards accompanying Yuan on his way back home?
3. Who is Ai-lan?
4. What is Yuan still searching for?
5. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is danger for the revolutionaries foreshadowed when Yuan, Ai-lan, and the lady mother are on the way to meet Yuan's uncle?
2. How does Sheng represent tradition? How does Meng represent revolution?
3. What does Yuan do when he sees the poor people outside the pleasure house? What does he think of the poor?
4. What reason does Yuan's teacher give for Yuan not being able to give the meaning of his own poem?
5. Why does Yuan have reservations about joining the revolutionary cause?
6. Why does Yuan finally decide to learn to dance at the pleasure houses?
7. When the group of farmers crowd Yuan's room, what does the eldest say to him?
8. Why is Yuan so proud to call Ai-lan's mother his own mother?
9. What is Yuan's reaction to his reflection in the mirror when he first tries on city clothes?
10. How do the villagers respond to Yuan leaving the countryside?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The ending of A House Divided is an ambiguous one. Explain why. What purpose does an ambiguous ending serve? Why might the author decide to use this type of ending? What effect does it have on the reader?
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 is freedom elusive to Yuan? How does Yuan constantly search for freedom but fail to find it? Cite at least examples from the novel to prove the argument.
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