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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to the monkey who is brave enough to walk through the veil of water?

2. What does Ch'en do with the carp?

3. What does the author say the Monkey's body has been made as hard as?

4. What is the name of the beast who has plagued Monkey's brethren?

5. Who does Monkey turn himself into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kuan-yin get the monster onto her side?

2. How does Tripiakata get to Monkey?

3. How does Kuan-Yin persuade the monster to join Buddha?

4. What does the Patriach Subodhi teach the Stone Monkey?

5. Why does the Stone Monky leave his brethren?

6. How does Jade Emperor try to make Monkey mortal?

7. Why does the Stone Monkey return to his brethren?

8. How does Wen-ch'iao save her child?

9. How does Hsuan Tang revenge his father's death?

10. How does Monkey trick Pigsy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the animals in the book and examine the myths that surround that animal in popular culture. How did these myths develop? What is the truth behind the myth?

Essay Topic 2

Monkey is translated from Chinese into English. How much meaning can a book loses through a translation? What aspects of the book do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

Essay Topic 3

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 book's themes?

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