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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yang Sun say he has sold to buy two tickets to Peking?

2. What position does Yang Sun rise to at the factory?

3. Which character now looks fat in scene 9?

4. What does Wong say cannot be forgotten?

5. What does Yang's song say the good will get?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

Essay Topic 2

Bertolt Brecht was a Marxist.

1. How does Brecht express his Marxist views in the play?

2. How and why are Brecht's Marxist views different to today's views on Marxism?

Essay Topic 3

Replace the play's setting with one of the following settings:

1. Germany.

2. USA.

3. Japan.

What new meaning would the new setting give the play? How important is setting for developing meaning in a story?

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