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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the goddess ask the man to write a challenge in the second magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Sun.
(c) Water.
(d) Wind.

2. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?
(a) Levees.
(b) Tax rates.
(c) Cost of gold.
(d) Corvee.

3. Who, when captured and thrown in fire, claims to be part of a rebel household?
(a) Spirit medium.
(b) Fox spirit.
(c) Magistrate.
(d) Magical spirit.

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

5. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) White Lotus.
(b) Ting.
(c) Hsiao-erh.
(d) Hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for forced labor in Huang's story?

2. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?

3. What does a rich bandit give the couple?

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

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

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