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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 are flourishing beasts by nature?
2. Who comes to physically help the narrator after her episode with the impasse beast?
3. What do flourishing beasts never eat?
4. Where did the narrator first meet Charley?
5. Who does the narrator suggest the sacrificial beasts martyred themselves for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did being in close contact with a joyous beast seem to affect the mayor of Yong'An?
2. Where does the narrator like to hang out, and what does she do there?
3. What is the nature of sorrowful beasts?
4. What does the narrator's professor say about joyous beasts when she asks him about the picture in the paper?
5. How does Lefty "tame" the sorrowful beast?
6. Why are birds illegal to have as pets?
7. What is Charley's connection to Li Chun?
8. Why can the sorrowful beasts never smile?
9. What is unusual about the death of sacrificial beasts?
10. In Part I, what does the narrator's professor tell her might have happened to the male sorrowful beast Cloud?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Ge chose to write this novel from the first-person perspective of the unnamed narrator? How does this choice affect the reader's experience? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What does Ge describe as some of the most significant differences between beasts and humans? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why does the narrator seem so drawn to birds, and what do the birds symbolize - including the phoenix - throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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