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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 does Song Jiang tell the bandits not to harm in Chapter 35?

2. With what weapons do Yang Zhi and Zhou Jin fight?

3. To where is Song Jiang traveling?

4. What does Qin Ming offer as an entrance gift to the bandits?

5. What is Master Wang selling when he discovers the dead monk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lu Da's staff.

2. What does Wu Song's principal "Don't pass one without having three" mean?

3. How does Wu Song become a constable in Qinche?

4. What does the old man tell the infant Ren Zong that makes him stop crying?

5. Why does Song Jiang not want to be part of a group of bandits?

6. How does Chao Gai's group trick Yang Zhi's men into letting them steal the gifts?

7. How does Yang kill Niu Er?

8. Why is Song Jiang upset with Li Kui after his killing rampage in the Zhu Family Village?

9. What reasons does Wu Song give Song Jiang that the two should not travel together?

10. What happens to Li Xing at the end of chapter 50?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ending of the novel. Is the ending satisfactory? What has happened to all of the bandit chieftains? What about the ones who plotted against them?

Essay Topic 3

Trace the transformation of Sagacious Lu's personality through the novel.

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