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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Gold.
(b) Grain.
(c) Labor.
(d) Silver.

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

3. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?
(a) Hung.
(b) Hsiao-erh.
(c) White Lotus.
(d) Ting.

4. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Singer.
(b) Ventriloquist.
(c) Violinist.
(d) Dancer.

5. What does the magistrate notice that people do in order to cheat on taxes?
(a) Lower land quality.
(b) Falsify records.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Steal property.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

2. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

3. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

4. Why is Ting arrested?

5. From what position is Feng fired?

(see the answer key)

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