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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 name of the shop's former owner?

2. Why does Shui Ta want the family to get dressed?

3. What do the Gods tell Wong they are looking for?

4. What does the policeman say Shen Te should find?

5. What is Shen Te's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wong report back to the Gods?

2. What does Shui Ta tell the Gods?

3. What do the Gods ask Wong to do?

4. Summarize the prologue.

5. How does Yang Sun and Shen Te's relationship develop in scene 3?

6. How does Shen Te help the carpenter?

7. Why does Wong runaway from the Gods?

8. How does Wong help the Gods?

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

10. Summarize scene 8.

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

What are the arguments for and against implementing religious ideal? What are Brecht's opinions on religion and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Brecht?

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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