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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 monastery do Yang Zhi and Lu Da decide to try to overtake?

2. With how many weapons does Wang Jin teach Shi Jin to be adept?

3. Why do the robbers decide not to kill Song Jiang?

4. What does Song Jiang ask the Liangshan Marsh bandits to allow him to do in Chapter Forty-Two?

5. Where does Chai Jin send Lin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lu Da kill Zheng?

2. How does Coroner Ho know that Wu the Elder has been poisoned?

3. How do Yang Zhi and Lu Da take over Precious Pearl Monastery?

4. How does Golden Lotus kill Wu Song?

5. How does Yang kill Niu Er?

6. How does Sun the Witch suggest that Wu Song dress so that he will not be arrested?

7. What do the stewards under Yang Zhi's command decide to tell Governor Liang about the theft of the gifts?

8. Briefly describe Song Jiang.

9. Why does Song Jiang kill Poxi?

10. Why has Lord Chai lost some of his fondness for Wu Song?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of religion in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Prepare a character sketch for Song Jiang. Include a physical description, description of his moral values in addition to his role in the action of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the roots of the conflict between the bandits and the Chinese government. Can you pinpoint any one cause of the conflict? How does immorality and perverseness figure into the reasons why the conflict continues to escalate until all of the bandits are either dead or no longer interested in serving in government?

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