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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 steals Huyan's horse?

2. What does Lu Junyi request of Song?

3. Where is Lord Chai found?

4. What phrase in the second amnesty offer keeps the bandits from accepting this offer?

5. Which of his chieftains is Song Jiang forced to kill as punishment?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the "fortune teller" tell Lu Junyi about his future?

5. Why does Song Jiang give Li Kui poisoned wine?

6. How is Chen Zhu killed?

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

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

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

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

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

Prepare a character sketch for Gao Qui.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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