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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 northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?
(a) Huang.
(b) Manchu.
(c) Tang.
(d) Matou.

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

3. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sun.
(d) Water.

4. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Guns.
(d) People.

5. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) A book.
(b) A peach.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A jar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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

3. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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