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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 is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?
(a) Yu-yu.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Confucius.

2. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Hung.
(b) Hsiao-erh.
(c) Ting.
(d) White Lotus.

3. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?
(a) Silver.
(b) Guns.
(c) People.
(d) Gold.

4. Who attacks the couple and have to be stopped by magic?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Tribal people.
(c) Bandits.
(d) Aliens.

5. What is used for fertilizer for sorghum cultivation in Peking in Huang's story?
(a) Human and animal waste.
(b) Artificial pellets.
(c) Coal and wood pellets.
(d) Vegetable compost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?

2. How many males does T'an-ch'eng have to provide for forced labor at one time?

3. What is another name for sorghum?

4. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?

5. What does the couple use to elope?

(see the answer key)

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