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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. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?
(a) Huang Liu-hung.
(b) Ma-t'ou.
(c) T'ang-ch'eng.
(d) Feng K'o-t'san.

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

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

4. In the second magic story, what does a man who falls asleep dream of?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Books.
(d) Gifts.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?

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

5. 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?

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