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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. Who does Shan Te say she is expecting?

3. Who does Shen Te say she is love with?

4. What does Shui Ta tell the Family to do?

5. What does Shen Te secure her loan from the Old Woman with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Wong tell the audience?

3. How does Shen Te help the carpenter?

4. What has Mrs. Shin worked out about Shen Te?

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

6. Summarize the first scene.

7. What does Shui Ta tell the Gods?

8. Summarize scene four.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1930s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the play if he set it in today's society?

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