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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. Where does Che'n have to leave his ill mother?

2. Who sends 100,000 men to fight Monkey?

3. What does Kuan-yin give to Tripitaka to give to Monkey?

4. Who do Monkey and Tripitake see come out of the river?

5. What does Ch'en do with the carp?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Planet Venus persuade Monkey to return to heaven?

2. How does Tripiakata get to Monkey?

3. What does the Patriach Subodhi teach the Stone Monkey?

4. Why does Kuan-yin think Hsuan Tsang will make a good script seeker?

5. Why does Tripitaka need to control Monkey?

6. How does Buddha prove Monkey never left his hand?

7. In what way is Tripitaka not well suited to adventure?

8. Why does Monkey go off to find religion?

9. How does Wen-ch'iao save her child?

10. How does Monkey kill the Demon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the books 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?

Essay Topic 2

Monkey is translated from Chinese into English. How much meaning can a book loses through a translation? What aspects of the book do you think would be the most difficult to express in English? How do you think a translator can overcome these difficulties?

Essay Topic 3

In the 1970s Monkey was made into a famous TV series. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 6 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

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