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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scheme does the husband's relatives have to inherit the widow's property in Woman P'eng?
(a) Kidnap the son.
(b) Kidnap the widow.
(c) Kill the son.
(d) Kill the widow.

2. Who does the widow beat because he is lazy in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Ch'ang-fu.
(b) Huang.
(c) Ch'ang-hu.
(d) Hsi-liu.

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

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

5. From whom does the young girl learn magical powers in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Father.
(b) Friend.
(c) Sect leader.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Revolution described in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

2. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

3. Who plans on benefiting from the death of the young boy in the story of P'eng?

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

5. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?

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