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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills the murderer that was protected by correct officials?
(a) Tao.
(b) Huang.
(c) Li.
(d) Wang.

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

3. Who took over China in 1644?
(a) Yu-yu Dynasty.
(b) T'an-ch'eng.
(c) Ching Dynasty.
(d) Ling Dynasty.

4. Who by law stands to gain the inheritance lawfully in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Sister.
(d) Son.

5. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?
(a) Vampires.
(b) Soothsayers.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Heretics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scheme does the husband's relatives have to inherit the widow's property in Woman P'eng?

2. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

3. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?

4. Who nominates a new heir for P'eng?

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

(see the answer key)

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