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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Aunts.

2. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Traveling with him.
(b) Talking to her.
(c) Sleeping with him.
(d) Sleeping with her.

3. To what spirit is a shrine made in T'ang-ch'eng to protect from evil spirits in the 17th century?
(a) Tseng-yu.
(b) T'an-ch'eng.
(c) Yu-yu.
(d) P'u Sung-ling.

4. Who does the couple ransom after the war is over?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Their niece.
(c) Their son.
(d) Their nephew.

5. What is the naive and uneducated head man of the village driven to while trying to pay tax?
(a) Tears.
(b) Town.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?

2. What story is about people who survive through their magical powers?

3. 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?

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

5. What storage facilities are abandoned during the time of the famine?

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