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Human Acts Quiz for Chapters 1-2

1 Who narrates the first chapter?
Jeong-dae

Jeong-mi

Dong-ho

Dong-ho's mother
2 What narrative perspective does the first chapter use?
Third-person omniscient point of view

Second-person point of view

First-person point of view

Third-person limited point of view
3 What kind of trees does Dong-ho see outside the Provincial Office?
White forsythia

Jolcham Oak

Korean red pine

Ginkgo trees
4 What do people sing during the funerals?
American pop

The National Anthem

Traditional Korean folk hits

A K-pop song
5 What is the practical purpose of candles in Chapter 1?
To perform a ritual

To keep warm

To dispel the smell of death

To have something to meditate on
6 What do candles symbolize?
Mourning and imprints of departed people's souls

Birds

Nothing

Religious ritual
7 Describe Dong-ho's work in Chapter 1.
Mostly physical; he does the heavy lifting with all the bodies.

He gives order to the other citizens at the Provincial Office,

He organizes protests.

Mostly administrative; he takes notes and helps direct people where to go.
8 What fundamental question does Dong-ho raise concerning the Taegukgi and national anthem?
How to not betray one's nation?

Why does everyone have to love nationalist symbols?

Why do the soldiers not represent the nation?

Why employ nationalist symbols at the funerals of those killed by the nation?
9 How does Eun-sook respond to Dong-ho questioning why they use the national anthem and flag for the funerals?
Eun-sook agrees with Dong-ho's critique.

Eun-sook states that the generals seized power unlawfully and thus do not represent the nation.

Eun-sook remains silent in the face of Dong-ho's angry questioning.

Eun-sook thinks that using the flag and singing the anthem are like the moment of silence.
10 Whose death does Dong-ho recall?
His grandmother's

His mother's

His own

His brother's
11 What imagery does Dong-ho use to speak about his grandmother's death?
He compares her soul to a bird

He compares her body to the ginkgo trees

He sees his grandmother in the rain

He compares her soul to a flickering flame
12 What does Eun-sook bring to Dong-ho?
A dead bird

A redacted manuscript

A sponge cake and yogurt

Forgiveness
13 What reason does Dong-ho give in refusing to come home?
He wants to find Jeong-dae first.

He tells everyone about his survivor's guilt.

He misses Jeong-mi.

He feels a sense of duty to stay until the end.
14 Who narrates Chapter 2?
Jin-su

Dong-ho

Jeong-mi

Jeong-dae
15 What differentiates Chapter 2 from the rest of the chapters?
The narrator was traumatized.

The narrator has already died.

The narrator contemplates death.

The narrator is dreaming.
16 What does Hang compare the pile of bodies to?
A bird

A monstrous, fantastical beast

A funeral pyre

Babel
17 Can Jeong-dae communicate with anyone?
He can only see the other recently deceased.

He sees the living and feels the presence of other souls but cannot communicate.

He speaks to nature and nature responds, assuaging his loneliness.

He can speak to Dong-ho and his sister once he finds them.
18 Define "zenith."
The darkest hour of the night

The time at which something is most powerful or successful

A god or ruler on a throne

A deep wish or desire
19 What does Jeong-dae think about to deal with his fear?
His death

The pile of bodies

Memories of his sister

The moon
20 What primary questions consume Jeong-dae?
Why doesn't nature comfort him?

Who killed him and his sister, and why?

Why are humans capable of violence?

Why sing the national anthem at their funeral?
21 Finish this quote: "I wanted to shuck off my body ___"
like two peas in a pod

like an ear of corn

as a snake sheds its skin

and be free to fly
22 What point of view is Chapter 2 written in?
Third-person limited point of view

Third-person omniscient point of view

First-person point of view

Second-person point of view
23 What do the soldiers do to the pile of bodies at the end of the chapter?
Bury everyone in a mass grave.

Let the bodies naturally decompose.

Perform funeral rites.

Set it on fire.
24 Where does Jeong-dae decide to go at the end of the chapter?
To Dong-ho

To his parents

To his school

To his sister
25 What does Jeong-dae realize about Dong-ho?
Jeong-dae sees Dong-ho return home.

Jeong-dae can sense when Dong-ho dies.

Jeong-dae blames Dong-ho for leaving him.

Jeong-dae sees Dong-ho searching for him.

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