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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, the Observers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?
(a) Dance show.
(b) Musical.
(c) Parade.
(d) Concert.

3. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Magician and son.
(b) Artist and cook.
(c) Writer and daughter.
(d) Lawyer and son.

4. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?
(a) Spirit medium.
(b) Magistrate.
(c) Magical spirit.
(d) Fox spirit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?

3. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?

4. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?

5. What is a county in Northeastern China, in the province of Shantung?

(see the answer key)

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