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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 do the monkeys call the mountain?

2. What does the Stone Monkey decide all the other monkeys should learn to do?

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

4. What does the monster in the river like to eat?

5. What do Kuan-yin and Hui-yen change into at the city of Ch'ang?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Stone Monky leave his brethren?

2. What does the Stone Monkey see on the other side of the waterfall?

3. Why do the farmers want Monkey and Tripitaka to help them?

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

5. How does Monkey prove that he flew to the end of the earth?

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

7. How does Ts'ui add twenty years to the Emperor's life?

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

9. What is the challenge Buddha lays down for Monkey?

10. Why does Monkey go off to find religion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Chinese and western culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

In the 1970s Monkey was made into a famous TV series. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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