View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Yang say Yang Sun is taking to Peking?

2. What does Yang Sun help himself to?

3. Who does Yang Sun say he can buy buildings from?

4. What does Mrs. Yang announce to the guests?

5. What does Shu Fu praise Shen Te for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the play and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting.

2. Point of view.

3. Structure.

4. Language.

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

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 206 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample