View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the square in front of Cloudtop Towers?

2. Who does the narrator think tricks her in the story of the sacrificial beasts?

3. Where is the city of the dead?

4. What animals are outlawed in the city?

5. What did the narrator study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ge describe the smile of a sorrowful beast?

2. How does Lefty "tame" the sorrowful beast?

3. How does a joyous beast reproduce?

4. Why can the sorrowful beasts never smile?

5. What is the nature of sorrowful beasts?

6. How did being in close contact with a joyous beast seem to affect the mayor of Yong'An?

7. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with her professor?

8. What does the narrator's professor say about joyous beasts when she asks him about the picture in the paper?

9. Why are birds illegal to have as pets?

10. Why do sorrowful beasts seek only one mate in life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and how does Ge reveal the true connection the narrator has to various beasts and to the world of strange beasts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator's professor's teachings and views about various beasts affect the narrator's approach to beasts throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways, and my what means, are various beasts exploited and/or oppressed by people throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 510 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample