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

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

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

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

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?
(a) Behind a fan.
(b) In a garden.
(c) Above the stairs.
(d) Below a box.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

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

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