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Wu Cheng'en - Quiz
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  • 1. During which Chinese dynasty did Wu Cheng'en live?
A) Tang dynasty
B) Han dynasty
C) Qing dynasty
D) Ming dynasty
  • 2. What was Wu Cheng'en's courtesy name?
A) Wú Chéng'ēn
B) Ruzhong
C) Lianshui
D) Huai'an
  • 3. In which province was Wu Cheng'en born?
A) Changxing
B) Nanjing
C) Beijing
D) Jiangsu
  • 4. What was the profession of Wu Cheng'en's father, Wu Rui?
A) Scholar
B) Mandarin
C) Merchant
D) Artisan
  • 5. Which novel is Wu Cheng'en most famously associated with?
A) Romance of the Three Kingdoms
B) The Dream of the Red Chamber
C) Journey to the West
D) Water Margin
  • 6. In what year was Journey to the West published?
A) 1500
B) 1625
C) 1582
D) 1592
  • 7. Why did Wu Cheng'en likely publish Journey to the West anonymously?
A) He was forbidden by the emperor
B) He did not write the book
C) Fiction was considered vulgar literature
D) He wanted to keep his identity a secret
  • 8. Who suggested Wu Cheng'en as the author of Journey to the West in the early 20th century?
A) Arthur Waley
B) David Lattimore
C) W. J. F. Jenner
D) Hu Shih
  • 9. What language was Journey to the West written in, breaking with the trend of the time?
A) Classical Chinese
B) Vernacular tongue
C) Jyutping
D) Wade-Giles
  • 10. Did Wu Cheng'en have any children?
A) He had one daughter
B) He had two sons
C) No
D) Yes
  • 11. What did Wu Cheng'en do after resigning from his official post?
A) Entered the imperial university
B) Spent his life writing stories and poems
C) Traveled the world
D) Became a hermit
  • 12. What evidence did Hu Shih use to support Wu Cheng'en's authorship?
A) Testimony from the emperor
B) A 1625 gazetteer
C) A signed manuscript
D) Letters from Wu Cheng'en
  • 13. What criticism does David Lattimore have regarding the evidence for Wu's authorship?
A) The novel was written after 1625
B) The gazetteer is a known forgery
C) Wu Cheng'en was illiterate
D) The gazetteer mentions a work, but not necessarily the novel
  • 14. What does W. J. F. Jenner argue about the political content of Journey to the West?
A) It is entirely fictional
B) It is based on Wu's personal experiences in Beijing
C) It could have been known by a well-read commoner
D) It required specialized government knowledge
  • 15. Where did Wu Cheng'en eventually move after being born in Lianshui?
A) Nanjing
B) Beijing
C) Changxing
D) Huai'an
  • 16. Besides Journey to the West, what is another novel written by Wu Cheng'en?
A) A Record of Ming Poetry
B) Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang
C) A Digest of Ming Poetry
D) A Record of the Tripods of Emperor Yu
  • 17. What is the title of the compilation of Wu's manuscripts gathered after his death?
A) A Record of the Tripods of Emperor Yu
B) Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang
C) A Record of Ming Poetry
D) A Digest of Ming Poetry
  • 18. How many volumes comprise the 'Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang'?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Eight
D) Six
  • 19. Who compiled the 'Remaining Manuscripts of Mr. Sheyang'?
A) A royal historian
B) A contemporary poet
C) Wu Cheng'en himself
D) A family member
  • 20. How have Wu's poetry and prose been described?
A) Gentle
B) Vulgar
C) Classical
D) Stubborn
  • 21. What social aspect was Wu's work critical of?
A) Religion
B) Tradition
C) Corruption
D) Literature
  • 22. What spirit did Wu describe himself as having in one of his poems?
A) Defiant
B) Submissive
C) Ancient
D) Supernatural
  • 23. To which famous poet is Wu's work compared due to his focus on emotions?
A) Du Fu
B) Li Bai
C) Wang Wei
D) Su Shi
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