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

2. P'u Sung-ling tells stories about scholars and ladies and ________________.
(a) Fruit collections.
(b) Funeral expenses.
(c) Platonic relationships.
(d) Sexual affairs.

3. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Bandits.
(c) Tribal people.
(d) Warriors.

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

5. What is the naive and uneducated head man of the village driven to while trying to pay tax?
(a) Tears.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Town.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?

2. Who does Ting confess his love to?

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

4. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

5. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?

(see the answer key)

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