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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Widow.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?
(a) Lee-huang.
(b) Lin-yu.
(c) Yu-yu.
(d) Corvee.

3. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Father.
(c) Son.
(d) Widow.

4. In the story of Woman P'eng, what is the name of the young son?
(a) Lien.
(b) Ho-to.
(c) Ch'ang.
(d) Pin-po.

5. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) With a fox spirit.
(b) With a magistrate.
(c) With drugs.
(d) With magical spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

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

3. In the second magic story, what does a man who falls asleep dream of?

4. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

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

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