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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Yang say Yang Sun is taking to Peking?

2. What does Shen Te reenter the scene wearing?

3. Who is dressed in new clothes at the beginning of scene 9?

4. Who does Shui Te say he is acting in the interests of?

5. Why is Shui Ta dizzy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Brecht greatly influenced popular culture. Choose a book, film or play that you think Brechtian technique and discuss its similarities with The Good Person of Szechuan in terms of the following:

1. Plot.

2. Character.

3. Themes.

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