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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 not one condition that Song Jiang tells Li Kui to follow if he wants to go after his mother?

2. Who takes Song Jiang to view the lanterns?

3. Which of these names do not belong to one of the three Ruan brothers?

4. How does Inspector Ho's wife suggest he will know something is suspicious about Wu the Elder's death?

5. How many demons are locked in the Suppression of Demons Hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lu Da tell the waiter at the Pan family tavern to do?

2. Describe Li Kui.

3. What does the prefect decide was the cause of the death of the friar and the monk?

4. What does Wang the Third suggest to Chao Gai as a money-making opportunity?

5. Why is Song Jiang arrested at the lantern festival?

6. Describe Lu Da's staff.

7. Why does Song Jiang believe that the Liangshan Marsh bandits will accept them into their group?

8. How does Lu Da finally get food when he is at the Waguan Monastery?

9. How does Golden Lotus kill Wu Song?

10. Briefly describe Song Jiang.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the devices that Song used to get men to join the bandit forces. Find three examples of unusual devices that Song uses to get certain men into the stronghold. What is your opinion of his devices? Do you think it is acceptable to trick people, sometimes causing them to become criminals, in order to get them into the group?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the number 108 in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

When Chao Gai decides to act upon the Red-Haired Demon's suggestion that they steal the birthday gifts intended for Cai the Premier he does so with the rationalization that these gifts were purchased with stolen money so it is not a crime to steal them back. Do you believe this rationalization is solid? Why or why not?

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