Assignment

1. Who was Ruan Lingyu?

2. Who was Due Yuesheng?

3. Who was Zhou Xuan?

4. What is Nanjing Road?

5. What is a shikumen?

6. What is a lilong?

7. What was the Greater Shanghai Plan?

8. Who was Sanmao?

9. What was the Great World?

10. What is Art Deco?

11-15 10 points each

11. In Empire of the Sun, what country replaces Japan as "empire of the sun" and why?

12. In Empire of the Sun, what does it mean that "Jamie" gradually becomes "Jim," and how is "Jim" different from "Jamie"?

13. In Lust/Caution, what government does Mr. Yee work for, and why is he a target for assassination?

14. Does a diamond ring mean the same thing in Lust/Cautionas it does in Confidence in the Game? Explain briefly.

15. Why did Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe start coming to Shanghai in 1938?