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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. Which of the following weapons is attributed to Moon-Seizing Zhu in Hujiang?
2. Which of the following words do the Kang Shen members bear on their foreheads?
3. Which of the following does Kyoshi note available for sale in Hujiang?
4. Which of the following is breakfast for Kyoshi, Rangi, and the Flying Opera Company on the first morning they travel together?
5. Which of the following does Lao Ge identify as “lesson two” (227) in his training of Kyoshi?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jianzhu recognize as the likely series of events prompted by an unauthorized messenger bird returning to Hui?
2. How does Kyoshi fare in her initial efforts at dust-stepping?
3. What does Kyoshi divine is meant by the phrase “Tieguai fights with a crutch” (159)?
4. What does Jianzhu note as hindrances to pretending that the Avatar is ill?
5. What does Rangi note is the cause of her reservations about Kyoshi’s introduction to Madam Qiji’s?
6. What conditions does Kyoshi set on allowing Te to live?
7. What does Kyoshi regard as the time she was most tired?
8. What symbolism inheres in the gesture the daofei Kyoshi meets at Madam Qiji’s use to introduce themselves?
9. What reason does Kyoshi give for demanding admission and assistance at Madam Qiji’s?
10. What reasons does Kyoshi give for refusing the offer of the Flying Opera Company to depart from her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate Lao Ge’s comment that “Those who grow, live and die. The stagnant pool is immortal, while the clear flowing river dies an uncountable number of deaths” (257, italics in original).
Essay Topic 2
Sources attest to the presence of The Rise of Kyoshi on the New York Times and other best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
The novel notes that “The captain took a step back in astonishment. He’d interpreted [Kyoshi’s} unfurling to her full height as a hostile act. He wasn’t the first” (150). What attitude does the response indicate? Does the novel as a whole support that attitude? How or how not?
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