I Invited the Ancients to Take the College Entrance Exam

In their dreams, the ancients would sometimes be dragged into a strange place.

Bright windows, spotless floors, neatly arranged desks and chairs.

And right in front of them lay an elegant... exam paper?

[Chinese Exam]

Read Yan Shu's "Picking Mulberries" and answer: What are the reasons the poet is "often startled from pleasant dreams"?

Yan Shu: Didn't I make it obvious? The geese were making such a racket that I couldn't sleep!

Answer: On the surface, the poet is startled by the cries of geese. In truth, he is troubled by the fleeting passage of time and the sorrow of parting, and so lies awake at night, depressed.

Yan Shu: ...So what was I thinking about that night, exactly?

[History Exam]

During the reign of which emperor did the Tang dynasty clearly begin its decline from prosperity?

A. Li Shimin B. Li Zhi C. Wu Zetian D. Li Longji

Li Shimin: Zhi Nu was emperor? Then what about Chengqian?

Li Zhi: Mei'er, why is your name on here?!

Wu Zetian: I think I know who did this. (kind smile)

Li Longji: Save me! Save me!

[Politics Exam]

Based on the examples in the passage, analyze the causes of eunuch rule during the Eastern Han dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Han: What Han? The Eastern Han? Has my Han split apart?

Emperor Guangwu: Who's in power?! Why is it a eunuch?

Emperor Ling of Han: ...Next question!

[Geography Exam]

As shown in the diagram, this is the route the Jin army took when attacking Huainan in the tenth year of the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song. Taking climate and terrain into account, analyze why they chose this route.

Yue Fei: !!!

[Did you get full marks on today's exam?]

Theme: Five thousand years, a legendary China