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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 leave with the Emperor?

2. What are the true form of the three immortals?

3. What has the fish learned?

4. What time of day do the characters leave the village?

5. What does Monkey agree to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the character's new names?

3. How do Monkey and Pigsy trick the deity?

4. In what way is Tripitaka not necessarily the leader of the group?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the book and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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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