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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 139 - 184, Heartsick Beasts - Prime Beasts).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are flourishing beasts by nature?
(a) Angry.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Peaceful and benevolent.

2. Why does Zhong Liang beg the narrator to come back to the city?
(a) His uncle is paying him to ask her.
(b) His uncle has run off to marry someone else.
(c) His uncle is driving their family crazy.
(d) His uncle has drowned himself.

3. Who does Methuselah show the narrator a picture of herself with?
(a) The narrator's best friend.
(b) The narrator's mother.
(c) The narrator's husband.
(d) The narrator's sister.

4. What happens to flourishing beasts almost as soon as they are born?
(a) They start singing.
(b) They wither.
(c) They grow flowers.
(d) They find lovers.

5. What holiday does Zhong Liang's family always go away for, as he tells the narrator in Part IV?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all flourishing beasts?

2. What does Zhong Ren leave the narrator in his will?

3. What does Zhong Liang give the narrator for Christmas?

4. How often do the prime beasts gather to propagate?

5. Who do the flourishing beasts pray to?

(see the answer key)

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