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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 does Zhu Tong demand be done before he will go to the Liangshan Marsh stronghold?

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

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

4. How much of Tong Guan's army is killed during his attack on the Liangshan Marsh bandits?

5. How does one of the bandits pass himself off as Marshal Su?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chen Zhu killed?

2. How does Song Jiang suggest the bandits fight as they are preparing for attack?

3. Under what stipulations is Li Kui allowed to go with Wu Yong to persuade Lu Junyi to join the bandits?

4. What does Shao Jun tell Song Jiang?

5. What does Guan Sheng propose he do for the bandits as his entrance gift?

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

7. How does the mystic queen tell Song he must defeat the Zodiac Deployment?

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

9. What formation do the government armies decide they will use when they try to attack Song Jiang's forces the second time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prepare a character sketch for Gao Qui.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the role of superstition in the novel.

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