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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Land.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?
(a) White Lotus.
(b) Ting.
(c) Hsiao-erh.
(d) Hung.

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

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

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

5. Who is drinking with a cousin during the earthquake of 1668?
(a) Tseng-yu.
(b) Yu-yu.
(c) Confucius.
(d) P'u Sung-ling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What northern group attacks from the north and loots the city prior to taking over China?

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

3. What is another name for sorghum?

4. As power changed hands in China in 1644, what did not decline?

5. What is the town that is looted by bandits?

(see the answer key)

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