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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 Wong tell the Gods the town is calling Shun Te?

2. What does Mrs. Mi Tzu ask for?

3. Where does the Boy steal the food?

4. What does Mrs. Shin make Shen Te feel guilty about?

5. What do the townsfolk expect the Gods to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shen Te help out Wong?

2. How do the characters try to take advantage of Shen Te?

3. Why does Wong runaway from the Gods?

4. How doees Shu Fu help Shen Te?

5. What does Wong report back to the Gods?

6. How does Yang Sun react to finding out he is the father of Shen Te's child?

7. Why does Mrs. Yang delay the wedding?

8. How does Yang Sun think Shui Ta can expand his business?

9. What does Wong dream about?

10. What do the Gods say to Wong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the play's premise? Why premises are so important to a story?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the construction of Brecht's overall argument.

1. What does Brecht argue in the play?

2. How does he introduce his ideas?

3. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

4. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Brecht's argument?

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