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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. Which two countries are fighting?

2. What does Shuri do to himself to atone for the murder he commits?

3. Who is the second testimony from?

4. What does O-Kimi realize she has to take responsibility of?

5. What does Shino have to break to renounce her religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do people react to the word about the dragon?

2. How does Tajomaru lure the couple into the bamboo grove?

3. How are Shuri, Usaemon and other members of the Itakura family punished?

4. Describe the character of Shuri.

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

6. Describe the character of Naigu Zenchi.

7. Why does Lord Buddha say the thread broke?

8. Why does O-Gin decide to renounce her faith?

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

10. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the Hell Screen express about art and the artist? What examples are there in popular culture of artists who too far?

Essay Topic 2

What is the history of Christianity in Japan? Why did the Japanese find it so difficult to except the Christian faith? What do the stories express about how Japanese society viewed Christianity?

Essay Topic 3

What information is in Henry Barrett's obituary? Why does the author include Henry Barrett's obituary at the end of Horse Legs?

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