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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. Where was Mother born?
2. In "Urania: Astronomy," how does the narrator describe a syringe?
3. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," what evidence of conflicts past does the narrator see?
4. What ritual occurs in the Opening?
5. Which language opens the book?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the process Mother undergoes to become an American citizen.
2. What is Melpomene's purpose at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
3. Describe the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy."
4. Describe the way Cha treats soldiers in "Melpomene: Tragedy."
5. What is happening in the opening passage of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
6. Describe Mother's ideas about what people do just before death.
7. Why does Cha include images of the circulatory system, the nervous system, and the respiratory system in in "Urania: Astronomy," a section dedicated to astronomy?
8. Discuss the significance of Mary in the "Opening." When does she appear? How is she important?
9. Discuss the significance of the title which first appears in the "Opening." What does "dictee" mean? How does it fit the work?
10. Discuss the laws the Japanese imposed on the Koreans.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Family plays a significant role in Cha's Dictee. Describe the way family members are linked throughout the work, then address the following questions. How does Cha treat family in this work? What role to family relations play in the narrator's decisions? How does the narrator perceive family? What does Cha's commentary about family appear to be?
Essay Topic 2
Religion is a theme that pervades the work in several forms. How does Cha's narrator treat religion? What does Cha have to say about the uses (or perhaps abuses) of religion in Korean and Korean-American culture? Consider the nun's relationship to the Church, as well as the religious rituals and lessons, which appear throughout the work in forming your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Much of Cha's text deals with the experience of being a Korean-American woman in the period following the Korean War. How does she treat this experience? How does she comment on her place and/or reception within U.S. American culture? Is she nostalgic for Korea? Proud to be an American? Both? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
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