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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. How long has Zhu been able to see ghosts by Chapter 17?

2. What type of beads does the Third Prince wear in his hair in Chapter 12?

3. What month is it in Chapter 17?

4. How long might it take a determined Mongol with a string of horses to travel from Anyang to Bianliang?

5. In Chapter 12, what color is Military Governor Bolud-Temur's riding costume?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yuchun train?

2. What does Ma see when she looks at the Prince of Radiance when he is put in her care?

3. How does Jiao learn that Zhu is a woman, and what concerns does that create for Zhu?

4. When Esen wonders why the rebels abandoned Jiankang, what possible reason does Ouyang give for the abandonment of the city?

5. What happens when the Prime Minister comes to Zhu and brings the Prince of Radiance?

6. What future does Esen see in Chapter 18?

7. How does Zhu save Little Guo's life in Jianking?

8. How does a plague strike Zhu's camp in Chapter 16?

9. In Chapter 16, what happens when Zhu gives some of the wedding feast to the ghosts?

10. What does the seat of the emperors look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The abbot is willing to make sacrifices to achieve his mission. What is the abbot’s mission? How and why does he abandon the precepts he is to follow as a monk to achieve his mission?

Essay Topic 2

Zhu is determined to avoid nothingness. What is nothingness? Why is Zhu so determined to avoid nothingness?

Essay Topic 3

There are extreme disparities between men and women in She Who Became the Sun. How are men and women treated differently in the novel? How are women discriminated against?

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