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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. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) T'ang-ch'eng.
(b) Feng K'o-t'san.
(c) Ma-t'ou.
(d) Huang Liu-hung.

2. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?
(a) Feng K'o-t'san.
(b) Ma-t'ou.
(c) T'ang-ch'eng.
(d) Huang Liu-hung.

3. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Air conditioning bill.
(b) Tax burden.
(c) Electric bill.
(d) Drought.

4. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?
(a) 1234.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1671.
(d) 1456.

5. What does the couple use to elope?
(a) Broomsticks.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Animals.
(d) Magical kites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

2. The majority of people rebel against what Emperor?

3. Who does Ting confess his love to?

4. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?

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