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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 Xiao drop when something slams into his neck?

2. What does Shino have to break to renounce her religion?

3. What does Shino make a living doing?

4. What does Kanazawa use to kill himself?

5. What happens when Kandata yells at the other climbers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Yoshihide.

2. What is the diagnosis the doctor gives Shino's daughter?

3. How does the Lord kill Yoshihide's daughter?

4. Describe the character of Naigu Zenchi.

5. Describe the character of O-Kimi.

6. How does the author describe Tanaka?

7. Describe the moment the dragon rises from the pond.

8. What emotion does Xiao-er feel as he rides away dying?

9. Describe Shino's life.

10. How are Shuri, Usaemon and other members of the Itakura family punished?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the Loyalty story express about the Japanese Feudal system? How does the feudal system affect Shuri's decisions in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare American and Japanese culture.

1. What are the differences between the two cultures?

2. In what way have the two cultures influenced each other?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the author list Rashomon, In a Bamboo Grive and the Nose under the heading A World Under Decay? Choose one of the stories in this section and examine what it says about the flaws in human nature.

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