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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1968.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Huang tells a story about a heavy snowfall in what year?

2. What does the couple use to elope?

3. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?

4. When the lazy person returns and begs the widow, what role does he assume again?

5. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?

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