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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. From what position is Feng fired?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Public officer.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Taoist mystic.

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

3. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Manchu roads.
(b) Kaoling roads.
(c) Chin-Chon roads.
(d) Imperial roads.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?

2. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?

3. What does the couple use to elope?

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

5. What famous philosopher has ties to T'ang-ch'eng?

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