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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 is Zenchi's chief characteristic?

2. What does Buddha hang down into hell?

3. What musician has O-Kimi confused President Woodrow Wilson for?

4. Who does the priest say the man looked like?

5. What is the name of the garden Buddha is strolling through?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the moment the dragon rises from the pond.

2. How does the Lord kill Yoshihide's daughter?

3. How does E'in try to avenge the townspeople?

4. How does the Lord agree to help Yoshihide?

5. Describe Shino's life.

6. Describe the character of Naigu Zenchi.

7. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Shino's daughter?

8. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

9. What rumors does the narrator say surround the Lord of Harikawa?

10. Why does Lord Buddha say the thread broke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What In the Bamboo Grove say about unreliable narration? How can the court get to the truth?

Essay Topic 2

Why does E'in falsely prophesize that a dragon will rise from the pond? What meaning does it give the story that his prophecy comes true? What would have happened if his lie was found out?

Essay Topic 3

Compare American and Japanese culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

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