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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. When the beautiful surroundings disintegrate, what does Jen's wife feel?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Calm.
(d) Suffocated.

2. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?
(a) White Lotus.
(b) Hung.
(c) Hsiao-erh.
(d) Ting.

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

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

5. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) 400 miles.
(b) 2000 miles.
(c) 25 miles.
(d) 100 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?

2. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?

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

4. What is set off in the hills by a servant to divert the robbers while rescuing Ts'ui's wife in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

5. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?

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