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

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

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

4. Under Chinese law, what is Jen supposed to do with his wife?
(a) Forgive her.
(b) Throw her out.
(c) Remarry her.
(d) Keep her.

5. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Huang.
(b) Hsi-liu.
(c) Ch'ang-fu.
(d) Ch'ang-hu.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

2. What is the town that is looted by bandits?

3. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?

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

5. What do some soldiers in T'an-ch'eng do when the change of government occurs?

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