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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 Kandata in hell for?

2. What erupts before the dragon rises from the pond?

3. What is the name of the painter who created the Hell Screen?

4. Where does the servant spend the night?

5. What does Zenchi feat when his nose reddens and swells?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

2. Describe Shino's life.

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

4. How does Kandata fall back into Hell?

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

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

7. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

8. How did Xiao-er get his head chopped off?

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

10. Why does Kanazawa say he killed himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Xiao-er unable to take the second chance given to him? What does his character say about human nature in general? How could you argue against the author's point of view?

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

What does the Rashomon gate symbolize in the story Rashomon? How does the gate reflect the servant's own state of mind?

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