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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city does Yang Sun have to move for his job?

2. What does Shu Fu tell Shen Te to use the check for?

3. What is wrong with one of the God's eyes.

4. Who has Shen Te promised to pay?

5. What does Mrs. Shin urge Shen Te to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Brecht ens the play with Shen Te screaming for help? Do the students think he could have ended the play in another way? What meaning would that new ending have given the play?

Essay Topic 3

How does Brecht express religion as foolish? How does this theme link to the 1930s and Brecht's Marxist beliefs?

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