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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 are the true form of the three immortals?

2. Where does Kuan-yin take her completed basket?

3. What is Tripitaka's new title?

4. What kind of animal is the wizard?

5. What time of day do the characters leave the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sandy different to Monkey and Pigsy?

2. How does Monkey bring the Emporer back to life?

3. How does Monkey defeat the immortals?

4. Why does Lao refuse to help Monkey?

5. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?

6. Why do Monkey and the others have to stop traveling when they get to the river?

7. Summarize the book.

8. How does Kuan-yin summon her magical fish?

9. Why does the Bodhisattva stop Monkey from destroying the wizard?

10. How do Pigsy and Monkey force the monster to retreat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

What role does religion play in Chinese society? What role does religion play in Western society? Why has religion has lost its impact in Western society? Has religion lost its impact in China as well?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Ch'Eng-En Wu decide to end the story like he did? How else could he have ended the story? What new meaning would this ending have given the story?

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