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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. What does Ts'ui-hsien's husband try to do to her?
(a) Help her.
(b) Sell her.
(c) Chase her.
(d) Beat her.

2. When P'u Sung-ling wrote about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers, what did she set on fire?
(a) Her house.
(b) Their clothes.
(c) Bedding.
(d) Her shoes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

2. Who is Jen's neighbor who sees Jen's wife when she is hiding?

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

4. When the lazy person returns and begs the widow, what role does he assume again?

5. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

(see the answer key)

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