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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 are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?
(a) Stay outside.
(b) Run.
(c) Stay inside.
(d) Hide.

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

3. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?
(a) Yu-yu.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) T'an-ch'eng.
(d) P'u Sung-ling.

4. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?
(a) Huang Liu-hung.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) T'ang-Liu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?

2. What act does the official consider morally evil and degrading that many people in China are doing?

3. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

4. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?

5. What skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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