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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Ch'u Yuan banished from the Center and from the Royal Court?
(a) Ch'u Yuan is a spy for the Ch'in army.
(b) The King blames Ch'u Yuan for losing the war against Ch'in.
(c) Ch'u Yuan seeks the opinion of fishermen and other non-royals.
(d) The King asks Ch'u Yuan to spread his philosophy to the outer world.

2. What drives the Wild Man to hysterics while he is in the jail?
(a) The Border Patrol is sending him back.
(b) not being able to speak with the authorities
(c) severe homesickness
(d) being locked up for three days straight

3. How old is Lo Bun Sun when he returns to China and gets married?
(a) fifty-years-old
(b) forty-five-years-old
(c) sixty-years-old
(d) one-hundred-years-old

4. What does Kingston realize about men at Great Uncle Kau's funeral?
(a) Men have feelings too.
(b) Men are afraid of death.
(c) Men grow very old before they die.
(d) Men must carry the casket out of the demon mortuary.

5. Where does Hina of the night sleep?
(a) in the forest
(b) on a far away island
(c) deep in the ocean
(d) high in the treetops

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates to the young man in "The Ghostmate" that the woman is "old style"?

2. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?

3. What word best describes the meaning of Ch'u Yuan's name?

4. What is inside of Hina that holds immortality for humanity?

5. Which Supreme Court case overturns San Francisco safety ordinances, thereby admitting that California laws are designed to harass Chinese immigrants?

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