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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 Monkey find Kuan-yin?
2. Who does the King ask Tripitaka to help him defeat?
3. What does the perch say Tripitaka will want to get to?
4. What will the town give Monkey and the others if they sacrifice the boy and girl?
5. What is Monkey's new title?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the deity that cares for the town want to sacrifice the boy and girl?
2. In what way is Tripitaka not necessarily the leader of the group?
3. What are the character's new names?
4. How do Monkey and Pigsy trick the deity?
5. Why does the monster want to eat Tripitaka?
6. How do Monkey and the others get an audience with the false King?
7. What joke does Pigsy play on Monkey?
8. What does Monkey find out about the city Cart Slow?
9. How do Pigsy and Monkey force the monster to retreat?
10. How do the characters change when they reach Buddha?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine the construction of Ch'Eng-En Wu's argument.
1. How does he introduce his ideas?
2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?
3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Ch'Eng-En Wu's argument?
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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