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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Shu Fu leave for Shen Te?

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

3. What does Shui Ta read in the shop?

4. What kind of shop did the Old Man and Woman own?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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