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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. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?
(a) Famine.
(b) Tornado.
(c) Death.
(d) Earthquake.

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

3. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?
(a) His magistrate.
(b) His spirit medium.
(c) His fox spirit.
(d) A married couple.

4. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) T'ang-ch'eng.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?

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

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

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

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

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