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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. Who does Shan Te say she is expecting?

2. Who do the Gods ask Shen Te to thank for them?

3. What do Mrs. Yang and She Te wave at?

4. What do the Gods apologize to Wong for?

5. Why does the policeman arrest the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice do the Gods give Shen Te?

2. How do the characters show their new found love for life?

3. What is Yang Sun doing in the city park?

4. What does Wong report back to the Gods?

5. How do Shen Te's problems increase in scene two?

6. Why does Yang Sun want to kill himself?

7. How do the Old Couple help Shen Te?

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

9. Why does the Policeman take the Family into custody?

10. How does Shen Te help the carpenter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Germany.

2. USA.

3. Japan.

What new meaning would the new setting give the play? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

Essay Topic 2

How did Bertolt Brecht view the twentieth century? What impact has his ideas had on modern society? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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