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 | |