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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 does Tripitaka find it difficult to convince the King's son?

2. What takes the travelers homeward?

3. What had Manjusri disguised himself as when he visited the king?

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

5. Why does Loa believe Monkey has come to his studio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

2. What is Monkey's plan to bring the Emperor back to life?

3. How do Pigsy and Monkey force the monster to retreat?

4. What does Monkey find out about the city Cart Slow?

5. What mistake does Kuan-yin tell Monkey he makes with the second monster in this section?

6. Summarize the book.

7. How does Monkey bring the Emporer back to life?

8. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?

9. How do Monkey and the others get an audience with the false King?

10. How does Monkey defeat the immortals?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Examine the construction of Ch'Eng-En Wu's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Ch'Eng-En Wu's argument?

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