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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 travelers walk over?

2. What does Monkey ask Lao for to bring the Emperor back to life?

3. What city do the Emperor, Monkey, Tripitaka, Pigsy and Sandy travel to?

4. Who does the monster have to eat to live forever?

5. Where does Kuan-yin take her completed basket?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the deity that cares for the town want to sacrifice the boy and girl?

2. What does Tripitaka dream about after getting across the lake?

3. Why do Monkey and the others have to stop traveling when they get to the river?

4. Why does Buddha not give Pigsy the title of Buddha?

5. How can Tripitaka prove what the King told him is true?

6. How is Sandy different to Monkey and Pigsy?

7. What does the turtle ask the travelers to ask Buddha?

8. How does the turtle cause the characters problems at the end of the story?

9. What is the perch's plan to capture Tripitaka?

10. How do the characters change when they reach Buddha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ch'Eng-En Wu gives some of his characters names relating to the Buddhist religion. Pick one of the following names and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general:

1. Tripitaka,

2. Bodhisattva

3. Subhuti.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the books 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 3

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?

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