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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 news does Mrs. Yang have about Yang Sun?

2. Who does Shen Te say she is meeting at the tea house?

3. Where does the Boy steal the food?

4. What is Mrs. Mi Tzu's occupation?

5. What does the Carpenter want payment for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters try to take advantage of Shen Te?

2. Why does Yang Sun want to kill himself?

3. What do Yang Sun and Shen Te argue about?

4. What do the Gods say to Wong?

5. Summarize scene 8.

6. Why does Mrs. Yang delay the wedding?

7. Summarize scene three.

8. How does Yang Sun and Shen Te's relationship develop in scene 3?

9. What does Shen Te tell the audience?

10. Summarize scene 7.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. A plague sweeps through the town.

2. The Gods give each resident of the town 1,000 silver dollars.

3. A foreign army takes over the town.

Essay Topic 2

How did Bertolt Brecht view the twentieth century? What impact has his ideas had on modern society? Has that impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the play's reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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