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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Lin's father dies, how do his feelings about his wife and marriage change?
(a) He realizes life is short and he wants to stay with his wife.
(b) He should remain married out of respect for his parents.
(c) He no longer needs to be married to Shuyu.
(d) He realizes life is short and he should live how he wants.

2. On his first day in Muji City, what is Liang Meng's reason for needing to return home so soon?
(a) His daughter is ill.
(b) He has run out of money.
(c) He doesn't like the weather.
(d) Lin told him to leave.

3. What is the identifying feature of the woman who Lin sleeps with in his dream?
(a) Her thin face.
(b) Her long fingers.
(c) Her voice.
(d) A birthmark on her arm.

4. Why does Geng Yang think Lin should sleep with Manna?
(a) To make Manna undesirable to other men.
(b) For enjoyment.
(c) To have a child.
(d) To motivate himself to divorce Shuyu.

5. What is Lin's observation of how Geng Yang speaks?
(a) Unrestrained.
(b) Eloquent.
(c) Egotistical.
(d) Simply.

6. How much yen does Llin have in the bank?
(a) 600 yen.
(b) 45 yen.
(c) 2,000 yen.
(d) 1,000 yen.

7. What does Lin observe about Ran Su's feet?
(a) They are swollen.
(b) They are worn and calloused.
(c) They are abnormally large.
(d) They are feminine.

8. Where does Lin Kong's wife, Shuyu, live?
(a) Goose Village.
(b) Muji City.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Shanghai.

9. What rumor is going around the hospital about Lin's wife?
(a) She wants to divorce him.
(b) She is having an affair with another doctor.
(c) She is eight years his senior.
(d) She can't have children.

10. What is Geng Yang's real reason for inviting Manna to his room?
(a) To kill her.
(b) To sleep with her.
(c) To profess his love to her.
(d) To give her a gift.

11. What is the difference between Lin's side of the room and his roommates' side?
(a) His roommates are very messy.
(b) His roommates have news clippings on their walls.
(c) His roommates have no books.
(d) His roommates have photos of celebrities on their walls.

12. Which revolutionary party is Manna interested in joining?
(a) The Maoist Union.
(b) The Red Party.
(c) The Red Union.
(d) The Revolution Workers.

13. When Lin and Manna break up, what does Lin do to occupy his time?
(a) Recatologue medical records.
(b) Write letters to his wife.
(c) Daydream.
(d) Pursue other women.

14. At the restaurant, what is Geng Yang's advice for Lin to encourage his wife to consent to a divorce?
(a) He refuses to sleep with her.
(b) He bribes the judge.
(c) He threatens Shuyu.
(d) He pays Shuyu.

15. What is Geng Yang's response to "The Flower Girl"?
(a) He criticizes the acting.
(b) He is overwhelmed with emotion.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is unaffected.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Lin ghostwrites Manna's report on "Leaves of Grass," what aspect of the poems does he focus on?

2. Lin's roles as an officer and doctor make him what kind of a man?

3. What is the reason Manna gives Lin for wanting to sleep with him?

4. What does Commissar Wei ask the hospital to recommend for him?

5. What is Ran Su's only condition on allowing Manna and Lin to take Geng Yang out to dinner?

(see the answer keys)

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