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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 is the town that is looted by bandits?
(a) North-South Grand.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) Huang Liu-hung.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

2. What is a county in Northeastern China, in the province of Shantung?
(a) T'ang-Huang.
(b) T'ang-Ch'en.
(c) T'ang-Canal.
(d) T'ang-Liu.

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

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

5. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?
(a) Grain.
(b) Silver.
(c) Labor.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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

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

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

5. Who does Liu meet with the police who is threatened by starvation?

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