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'Journey to the West', a Chinese Magic Novel #1

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Journey to the West a Chinese Magic Novel 1 game quiz
"'Journey to the West' is still the greatest Chinese magic novel. It was written by Wu Cheng-en in Ming Dynasty. The book is full of imagination and fantasy. This quiz will introduce you to the first seven chapters."

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1. What is the Monkey born from?
    A stone
    A river
    A tree
    A mountain


2. Why was the stone monkey made the king by all monkeys?
    Because he "made friends with the wolves, went around with the tigers and leopards, was on good terms with the deer".
    Because he was "clever enough to go through the fall, find the source, and come out in one piece".
    Because he discovered "the secret of the eternal youth that will keep us out of the clutches of the King of Hell for ever".
    Because he "returned home in glory, bringing a large sword he had captured when he killed the Demonn King of Confusion".


3. What religion does Patriarch Subhuti, the Monkey's military arts master, follow?
    None of the above
    Buddhism
    Taoism
    Confucianism


4. What did Sun Wukong NOT acquire from Patriarch Subhuti, his master?
    Way of Immortality
    Somersault Cloud
    Seventy-two Earthly Transformations
    Three life-saving hairs


5. Where did Sun Wukong get his weapon, AS-YOU-WILL GOLD-BANDED CUDGEL?
    At the country of Aolai
    In the Hall of Miraculous Mist
    At the World of Darkness
    At the dragon palace of the Eastern Sea


6. What office was the first one given by the Jade Emperor to Sun Wukong?
    Demon-quelling High Marshal
    Protector of the Horses
    Great God of the Seas
    Administrator of the Peach Orchard


7. What title did Sun Wukong claim for himself after leaving heaven and returning to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit?
    Handsome Monkey King
    Great Sage Equaling Heaven
    Brother Monkey
    Victorious Fighting Buddha


8. Why did Sun Wukong leave heaven the second time?
    Because he didn't like the office of administering the Peach Orchard
    Because he was looked down upon by his colleagues
    Because he stayed idle and felt bored in heaven
    Because he was displeased that he was not invited to the Peach Banquet


9. How did the Jade Emperor capture Sun Wukong?
    He was surrounded by the god Erlang and his six brothers
    All these three were required
    Lao Zi threw the Diamond Jade down and it hit Sun Wukong neatly on the head
    The slim dog of the god Erlang caught him up and bit him in the calf, bringing him down


10. How was Sun Wukong conquered in the end?
    The Tathagata crushed him under the Five Elements Mountain
    All the gods of the Department of Fire set him alight and burned him up; the gods of the Department of Thunder nailed splinters of thunder into him
    Heavenly soldiers hacked at him with sabres, sliced at him with axes, lunged at him wth spears and cut at him with swords
    Lao Zi put him in Eight Trigrams Furnace and reduced him to ashes


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Compiled Aug 18 12