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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 does Song Jiang use to trick the people of Qingzhou into opening the city gates?

2. Who wrote the letter that Dai Zong delivers to Marshal Su?

3. Who is chosen to lead the mass?

4. Who does the emperor send with the third amnesty decree?

5. How long does it take the Council of Military Affairs to prepare for battle with the bandits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jin Jie's wife advise him to tell Song Jiang of his plans to surrender.

2. Why does Song Jiang give Li Kui poisoned wine?

3. What does the "fortune teller" tell Lu Junyi about his future?

4. How is the plan that Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qui and Yang Jian devise to do away with the Liangshan Marsh bandits thwarted?

5. Why do Lei Heng and Wu Young visit Zhu Tong?

6. Under what stipulations is Li Kui allowed to go with Wu Yong to persuade Lu Junyi to join the bandits?

7. What does Shao Jun tell Song Jiang?

8. How does the mystic queen tell Song he must defeat the Zodiac Deployment?

9. Why do the officials decide to go ahead with the yearly lantern festival?

10. What formation do the government armies decide they will use when they try to attack Song Jiang's forces the second time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was it so important to Song Jiang that he and the others be granted amnesty for their crimes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the number 108 in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Prepare a character sketch for Song Jiang. Include a physical description, description of his moral values in addition to his role in the action of the novel.

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