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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 Shui Ta threaten to return to the Carpenter?

2. What do the women outside Shen Te's shop gossip about?

3. What do the Policeman and the Old Woman write for Shen Te?

4. Who does Shan Te say she is expecting?

5. What is the name of the shop's former owner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the second scene.

2. Summarize scene 9.

3. What is Yang Sun doing in the city park?

4. How does Shen Te's situation change in scene 7?

5. Summarize scene six.

6. How does Yang Sun change in scene 8?

7. Summarize scene four.

8. Summarize the prologue.

9. Why does Yang Sun want to kill himself?

10. What does Wong tell the audience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Wong's role as an outsider important to the play? How would the story change if the Gods asked help from a character more established in the community? Why do the Gods never see Wong as a good person? What does that say about how people view outsiders?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the construction of Brecht's overall argument.

1. What does Brecht argue in the play?

2. How does he introduce his ideas?

3. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

4. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Brecht's argument?

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