Translated Modernity and Translingualism

Mock Quiz 4 English

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Viktoria

Multiple choice questions. A Kiss, New Woman, White-Haired Girl, The Matchmaker, Women’s Admonitions, Modern Textbooks

1In A Kiss by Shi Tuo, what is the name of the heroine?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
In the film Red Brigade of Women directed by Xie Jin, what is the name of the heroine?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
In the silent film New Woman directed by Cai Chusheng, what is the name of the heroine?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
In the film White Haired Girl directed by Hui Hua, what is the name of the heroine?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
Xi’er, Qiong Hua, Sister Liu and Wei Ming, who is educated, going nowhere, and killing herself in despair in the end?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
Xi’er, Qiong Hua, Sister Liu and Wei Ming, who is a concubine and a rich widow?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
Xi’er, Qiong Hua, Sister Liu and Wei Ming, who joins the Red Army because she cannot stand the oppression of the landed gentry class?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
Xi’er, Qiong Hua, Sister Liu and Wei Ming, who is raped while being an indentured servant to pay the debts that her father has incurred?
Xi’er			Wu Qinghua			Sister Liu			Weiming
What does Ban Zhao’s remark mean: “It goes without saying that one must serve the master of the house, and propriety and righteousness must be kept alive. But if men are taught but not women, is this not the same as blinding each other?“
Men and women must be equal						Women ought not to be educated as men
If men know not the rituals, then women under no obligation to serve them						Women should have the right to education as men
10. Why does Sister Liu want to revisit Orchard City after so many years?
Reminisce the kiss		To visit her mother				To visit a familiar place			To marry Tigerfish
What is the meaning of “the daughter had the mother’s blood flowing in her veins”?
Sister Liu and mother had bad temper						Mother and daughter are prone to influenza
Sister Liu is as slow as mother to love						Both tend to like men to their own detriment
1As an educated modern girl living in Shanghai, in what does Wei Min seem totally uninterested?
Communist revolution						Equality and romance with men
Public opinion and personal reputation						Music education and fiction
What causes Wei Min to charge her sister in rural area with the care of her daughter?
Not to be known as a mother						Financially unable to care for daughter
Not wanting daughter to be a city girl						Her daughter reminds her of the man she hates
Why is Wei Min laid off by the school board?
Her students dislike her				School finance			To exact revenge			Weiming is often late
What did Wu Qinghua finally understand that she didn’t understand when she first joined the Red Lady Army?
To take revenge			Individual liberation			To liberate mankind				Lack of discipline results in punishment
Hong Changqing, the instructor of the Red Lady, asked Qiong Hua to look for a map where she couldn’t find it?
United States			Beijing			Coconut grove				Soviet Union
In “White-haired Girl”, Xi’er was strengthened by Huang Shiren. What did Zhang Erqian tell her before she escaped from the Huang family?
Huang Shiren wants to marry her, but it’s not her						The Huang family has sold her to a trafficker
Her boyfriend Dachun has joined the Red Army and sacrificed Ban Zhao						Her dad committed suicide by drinking brine
In Ban Zhao’s “Women’s Examination”, what is not mentioned?
Weak	Husband and wife				Women’s line		Qu Cong	Women’s rights			To focus one’s attention
Who is the oldest?
Xie Jin			Ban Zhao			Cai Chusheng				Shi Tuo
Who is the youngest?
Xie Jin			Ban Zhao			Cai Chusheng				Shi Tuo

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Mock Quiz 11 English

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Viktoria

Multiple choice questions. 4 points each, 60 points in total. “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” + “Chinese Box” Colonizing Hong Kong

When was the film Chinese Box produced?
1979	1986	1997	2001
What happened socially and historically in HK in this year?
Deng Xiaoping met Margaret Thatcher		HK was reverted to China
HK celebrated the 100^th of British Colony		King Charles inspected HK and spoke
Why doesn’t Mr. Chang refuse to marry fiancée Vivian and would introduce her in public as his business associate?
Vivian is a Chinese and not a Hong Konger		Chang is broke and bankrupt
Vivian was a prostitute when arriving in HK		Chang is already married to a mainlander
Why does not John marry Vivian with whom he is in love?
He is racist who looks down upon Chinese		Vivian’s mother refuses such a marriage
John is diagnosed with leukemia and dying		John is still married to his wife in Britain
How did Maggie get her face scarred?
When a child, her father brutalized her		While a prostitute, a policeman raped her
Her boyfriend Williams cut her face		The reason is never revealed and known
What is John’s profession in Hong Kong for so many years?
A British reporter		An American camera man
A philanthropist and a banker		A retired businessman who loves HK
Who does the young man kill himself in a bar in front of everybody?
His girlfriend abandoned him		He is drunk
He protests HK’s loss of freedom		He is protesting British colonialism
Trying to pass herself off as a Hong Kongese, Vivian tries to speak English well. Whom is she seen imitate in the bar where she works as a waitress?
The white lady who owns the bar		A Hollywood actress
British Pri minister Margaret Thatcher		A Hong Kong news anchor
When watching the video tape of Maggie talking about her childhood, where does Rick the cameraman point the overhead projector in John’s apartment
The white interior wall of the living room		On a small screen in the kitchen area
On John’s face sitting against bedroom wall		On a canvas in the basement studio
What does William remember of the high-school romantic relationship that Maggie says she had had with him and describes vividly to John?
Only that he had a date with her		Only that they broke up upon graduation
Only that his father didn’t tolerate it		Nothing

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Mock Quiz 10 English

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Viktoria

Multiple choice questions. 4 points each, 60 points in total. “Warm” + “Apple” Urbanization

As teenagers, Nuan and Jinhe differ in many respects. What is the one thing they have in common?
To marry someone from the city		Both like opera singings
They are all in love with one another		To become urbanites
As teenagers, Nuan and Deafmute differ in many respects. What is the one thing they have in common?
They all dream of cosmopolitan lifestyles		They both enjoy swinging the swing
They both like performing art		They both can live in the village if must
3. Since when does Nuan begin to accept love from Jinhe?
Since they were elementary school students	When the acrobatic troupe comes	When little martial artist stops coming	When Jinhe receives college admission
Since when does Nuan begin to accept love from the deafmute?
Since elementary school	After she fell and became a cripple	When little martial artist stops coming	When Jinhe receives college admission
What ties Jinhe forever to his native land all these years？
His mom	Teacher Cao	Nuan	Deafmute
What is the deciding factor for Jinhe’s success in college entrance exam that Nuan does not possess?
Diligence in study	Hobby in daydreaming	Interest in singing	Interpersonal skills
In what sense Nuan’s marriage to the deafmute is a correct decision?
She is his first love and there is nothing he won’t do for her		She always thought that Jinhe and the martial artist don’t love her as the mute
Neither Jinhe nor the martial artist looks as handsome as the mute		The mute is very experienced in life and has a strong sense of humor
Why cannot forget Nuan after he is married and settled permanently in Beijing?
His wife in infertile	Nuan was his first love	city is death of love	She is his alter-ego
Why does Jinhe say that his promise to take Yaya to attend schools in the city is his penitence?
He can redeem himself by treating her well		He can revenge the mute by taking Yaya
Yaya can live a life Nuan is unable to have		He then has excuses to come visit Nuan
Why does Jinhe think his neglect of Nuan has become a life-long remembrance?
She is the beginning of who he has become		If he married to Nuan, he would not have a lasting impression of her
He cannot absolve himself from making a false promise to Nuan		The longer he forgets her the prettier she is
Why does Jinhe believe that his worries about Nuan are his solaces?
The knowledge of her going nowhere pleases him		He is at ease knowing the mute loves Nuan
He takes pleasure in his self-incrimination		He feels good that he still has a conscience
Why is the title what it is?
The city is often a desolate and lonely place to many people		The city is usually full of cold-blooded strangers
City culture is alienating with many degrees of separation		All of the above
What is the mutual interest or pursuit that clues Nuan and the mute together?
Their vanity	Their natural environment	Family life	Fidelity and love
How does the final scene imply about director Huo Jianqi’s view on agrarian and industrial cultures, where the deafmute urges Jinhe to take Nuan and Yaya with him to live in the city?
People living in rural areas are noble savages, unselfish and open-minded		Agrarian society is a benighted place populated by ignorant people
Peasants and farmers know nothing about love and true friendship		There is no way to abridge the gap between two civilizations
What may be the intended take-away of the film from Huo Jianqi the director?
Primitivism	Social progress questioned	Changes inevitable	Nostalgia

Combined exercises; 4 points each, 40 points in total.

In which year was the film Lost in Beijing released?
2002	2007	2010		2019
Who is the wife of the proprietor of Golden Bowl massage parlor?
Xiaomei	Liu Pingguo	Wangmei		Ankun
Who is impermissible to work in the parlor?
Women	One’s without college degrees	Married women		Ones speaking English
What does An Kun, Pingguo’s husband, do at the massage parlor?
Gate keeper	Window cleaner	Night security		Receptionist
Why does Lin Dong, the manager, terminate Xiao Mei’s employment abruptly?
She is a thief	She injures customer	She sleeps on duty		She is a married woman
Why does Lin Dong change his attitude after he rapes Pingguo, instead of laying her off from work, he invites her to live in his home?
She’s suing him	She is pregnant	An Kun threatens him		Wang Mei likes her
After the rape, what is responsible for the change in An Kun’s attitudes to both Lin Dong the victimizer as well as Pingguo, his wife and victim?
He wants to please his boss and comfort his wife		The rape may be settled through litigation or negotiation to get compensation from Lin Dong
Pingguo is pregnant with his child		Wang Mei agrees to sleep with him
What explains the change in Xiao Mei who initially hates men who touch her during the massage but now sells her body professionally as a prostitute?
Prostitution pays more	Her boyfriend is a pimp	She is ill and needs quick money to see a doctor	She is paying off college tuition
Why does An Kun bribes the medical doctor with 5k to change the DNA test result so that the new-born is certified as Lin Dong’s son?
He and Pingguo both want girls	So that Lin Dong pays to raise his son	Wang Mei wants a child with An Kun		He and Pingguo are too poor to raise kids
Why does Wang Mei agree with Lin Dong to keep Pingguo’s baby as theirs?
She is infertile	Lin Dong is impotent	She gets to keep An Kun		She and Lin Dong are even now