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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 Shu Fu strike Wong with?

2. What does Wong tell the Gods the town is calling Shun Te?

3. What day is the rent due?

4. What is Shen Te's occupation?

5. What kind of song is Wong the Water Seller singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shen Te say she will help Wong?

2. What do the Gods ask Wong to do?

3. How does Shen Te's situation change in scene 7?

4. Why does Wong want the Gods to help She Te?

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

6. How do the Old Woman and the Policeman help Shen Te?

7. How doees Shu Fu help Shen Te?

8. What does Mrs Yang tell the audience?

9. How does Shen Te help Yang Sun in scene 4?

10. How does Wong help the Gods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting.

2. Point of view.

3. Structure.

4. Language.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. A plague sweeps through the town.

2. The Gods give each resident of the town 1,000 silver dollars.

3. A foreign army takes over the town.

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