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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 skill does the woman who makes medical prescriptions have in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Singer.
(c) Ventriloquist.
(d) Violinist.

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

3. The majority of people rebel against what Emperor?
(a) Liu.
(b) Tseng-yu.
(c) Manchu.
(d) Yu-yu.

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

5. From what position is Feng fired?
(a) Magistrate.
(b) Marshall.
(c) Taoist mystic.
(d) Public officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?

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

3. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?

4. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

5. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?

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