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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. Who is Lucia's favorite sacrificial beast?
2. What are sacrificial beasts trendsetters in?
3. What do flourishing beasts never eat?
4. What does it end up that Cloud has done to Lefty?
5. Who is the artist in Part I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator think the sacrificial beasts sacrifice themselves for?
2. How does the unnamed narrator describe her own work?
3. How does the sorrowful beast Cloud eventually die?
4. What kind of creatures are joyous beasts?
5. How did being in close contact with a joyous beast seem to affect the mayor of Yong'An?
6. Why do sorrowful beasts seek only one mate in life?
7. Why are birds illegal to have as pets?
8. Where does the narrator like to hang out, and what does she do there?
9. Why does the narrator feel guilty about her role in the killing of the sacrificial beasts?
10. In Part I, what does the narrator's professor tell her might have happened to the male sorrowful beast Cloud?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Ge describe as some of the most significant differences between beasts and humans? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Why is the narrator so fascinated with the returning beasts, in particular, and how do returning beasts represent the key to her unlocking all her major questions about the strange beasts? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does the narrator's professor's teachings and views about various beasts affect the narrator's approach to beasts throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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