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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. Who is the best carpenter in the village?
2. How is Fisby to instruct the women of the village?
3. Under what title should information be reported about children being born?
4. What is Col. Purdy looking for as Act 1, Scene 1 ends?
5. Sakini explains to Fisby that the village has had many invaders. What do the people do now to protect their treasures?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Fisby tell Mclean about his personal happiness? When did he become happy? Why? What is happening to Fisby? How is he changing?
2. How does Fisby create industry? What is he trying to do for the villagers?
3. The poles surrounding the wresting pen have different colored cloth on each of them. What do the colors symbolize? What does this tell us about the culture of the villagers?
4. How does Sakini describe the trip to Tobiki by jeep? What does this tell the audience about Fisby's control?
5. How does Sakini describe Tobiki at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1? Why do those descriptions not go together? How does this create conflict?
6. Why do the villagers hide things? What does this tell the audience about their history?
7. How does Sakini explain what a Geisha does? Does this information change Fisby's mind?
8. Why do cricket cages always come empty? What does this idea tell us about the philosophy of the people of Tobiki?
9. Why do the American soldiers not buy any goods from the villagers? What do you think the soldiers mean by the word "hayseed?"
10. What is the symbol behind a chrysanthemum bud? Why does Lotus Blossom give this to Fisby? Why does this bother him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does it mean to the resident of the village to sit in the pine grove and watch the sun go down while drinking tea? What ideals does this promote?
Essay Topic 2
How do you think the Congressman defines "get-up and go?" How do you think the Congressman will view the blending of two cultures? What will surprise the Congressman when he arrives in the village?
Essay Topic 3
Describe democracy as viewed by Fisby and by Sakini. What are the differences and similarities of each viewpoint? By the end of the play, how have Fisby and Sakini's views of democracy changed?
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