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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character has a dream at the end of scene 7?

2. Why are the Carpenter's children on the street?

3. What do Yang Sun and Shen Te drink to?

4. What does Shui Ta tell Mrs. Mi Tzu he is selling?

5. What does Shui Ta offer Yang to keep quiet about Shen Te?

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

Compare Shen Te's character to the person she is at the beginning of the play to the person she is at the end.

1. What does Shen Te hope to achieve at the beginning of the play?

2. What events change Shen Te's ideas about life?

3. How has Shen Te's character changed by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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