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

2. Where is the Emperor?

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

4. What is different about the ferry boat?

5. What do the travelers realize has happened to them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kuan-yin summon her magical fish?

3. How can Monkey tell which person is the real Tripitaka?

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

5. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

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

7. Summarize the book.

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

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

10. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Monkey's character to the character he was at the beginning of the book to the character he is at the end.

1. What did Monkey hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Monkey's ideas about life?

3. How has Monkey's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the book's chronological setting.

1. What were the main concerns during the 1500s? How does the author express these concerns?

2. How would the author change the book if it was set in today's society?

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