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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 happens to the traveler's earthly forms?

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

3. Where is the Emperor?

4. What do the monster and Pigsy and Monkey do when their true forms have been revealed?

5. Whose forms do Pigsy and Monkey take over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the travelers get to Buddha's paradise from the village?

2. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

3. In what way are Monkey and Pigsy's characters changing in this chapter?

4. How does Monkey persuade Lao to give him the pills?

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

6. Why does Lao refuse to help Monkey?

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

8. Why does the Bodhisattva stop Monkey from destroying the wizard?

9. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Monkey is both a folk and mythological story. What are the mechanics of a folk and mythological story in terms of the following?

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

Essay Topic 2

What are the main turning points of the story? How do turning points work to keep a reader interested in the story? When does Ch'Eng-En Wu use his turning points and why does he use them at those particular moments in the story?

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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