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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 everyone want from Shen Te?

2. What does Wong sell?

3. Who does the Husband send out members of his family to find?

4. What is Mrs. Mi Tzu's occupation?

5. Who are the townsfolk expecting to visit them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yang Sun want to kill himself?

2. How does Shen Te help the carpenter?

3. Summarize the first scene.

4. Summaize scene five.

5. What does Wong tell the audience?

6. How do the family take over the shop?

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

8. Summarize the prologue.

9. What does Shen Te tell the audience?

10. Summarize scene 7.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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