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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 color is not used by the Liao army in their battle with Song's forces?

2. Under what does Shi Qian hide his equipment used to start the fire?

3. How long does it take the Council of Military Affairs to prepare for battle with the bandits?

4. Who had secretly made up his mind to surrender to Song's forces?

5. How many chieftains are present at the Liangshan Marsh stronghold at the opening of Chapter Seventy-one?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yan Qing keep Li Shishi from going too far in her advancements?

2. What does Shao Jun tell Song Jiang?

3. What does Song Jiang do to memorialize Song Wan?

4. Why do Lei Heng and Wu Young visit Zhu Tong?

5. Why is Lei Heng singled out when he goes to listen to Bai Xiuying sing?

6. How is Chen Zhu killed?

7. Why do the officials decide to go ahead with the yearly lantern festival?

8. What happens during the mass service at Liangshan Marsh?

9. How does Tang Long suggest that the bandits lure Xu Ning to their stronghold so he can teach them to fight with barbed lances?

10. How does Jin Jie's wife advise him to tell Song Jiang of his plans to surrender.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of loyalty and brotherhood as they are presented in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Why was it so important to Song Jiang that he and the others be granted amnesty for their crimes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of superstition in the novel.

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