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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 town the story is set in?

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

3. Why does Yang Sun say he can't get a wife?

4. What drink does Shen Te give the Husband and Wife's family?

5. What does She Te sing a song about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Shen Te decide to change to Shui Ta again?

3. What do the Gods say to Wong?

4. Summaize scene five.

5. Summarize scene 9.

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

7. What does Shui Ta say in his defense?

8. Summarize scene three.

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

10. What does the Wife suggest to Shen Te in the first scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Wong's role as an outsider important to the play? How would the story change if the Gods asked help from a character more established in the community? Why do the Gods never see Wong as a good person? What does that say about how people view outsiders?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Brecht greatly influenced popular culture. Choose a book, film or play that you think Brechtian technique and discuss its similarities with The Good Person of Szechuan in terms of the following:

1. Plot.

2. Character.

3. Themes.

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