Iron and Silk

1. Why is Mark in Changsha, China?

2. Who has hired him?

3. When does Mark arrive and then leave China?

4. Who are the following:

Fatty Du

Teacher Zhu

Teacher Wei

5. What do these terms mean?

Wushu

Gong fu

Taijiquan

6. What is a "popular sport" in China regarding foreigners?

7. What was Mark's reaction to Teacher Zhu and the issue of Hiroshima?

8. What was the truth about Teacher Zhu's dinner in Beijing?

9. What is the "Drunken Sword"?

10. In what movie was Pan the wushu master?

11. Who is Old Ding"?

12. What is the knickname Hai Bin gives to Mark and why?

13. What is the "journey to the west" ?

14. What is Qi (Chi)?

15. How does the Daoist teacher Zheng differ in teaching style from Pan?

16. What is the moral of the Buddhist story about the horse?( short paragraph with your opinion)

17. Why was Mark considered "cultural pollution"?

18. What were Pan's physical weaknesses?

19. How does and African survive in China?

20. Who is Little Mi?

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