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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Feud.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the local farmer who steps over the adjoining Wang land boundary with his livestock?
(a) Li Tung-chen.
(b) Wang Dang.
(c) Yu Piao.
(d) Kuan Ming-yo.

2. Who is jealous of P'u Sung-ling's new wife?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Wives of brothers.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Husbands of sisters.

3. What does the younger son end up becoming after going to jail in "Hsi-liu?"
(a) A successful merchant.
(b) A successful student.
(c) A successful father.
(d) A successful scholar.

4. Whose nephew starts up a gang that attacks Ts'ui?
(a) Tao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Li.
(d) Wang.

5. What famous philosopher has ties to T'ang-ch'eng?
(a) Yu-yu.
(b) Confucius.
(c) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Tseng-yu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used for fertilizer for sorghum cultivation in Peking in Huang's story?

2. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?

3. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

4. Who is dragged out of school and beaten to death in the Woman P'eng story?

5. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?

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