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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to what custom does a woman return dowry to her husband's family?
(a) Chinese legal code.
(b) P'eng policy.
(c) Hsi-liu notary.
(d) Ch'ang-hu inheritance.

2. In what story does a naive man have to acquire crickets?
(a) The Chinese Cricket.
(b) The Game Cricket.
(c) The Cricket Tax.
(d) The Fighting Cricket.

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

4. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?
(a) Chin-Chon.
(b) Manchu.
(c) Imperial.
(d) Pao-chia.

5. 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) P'u Sung-ling.
(d) Yu-yu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?

3. Who took over China in 1644?

4. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?

5. Who lacks an heir after the death of the young boy in the Woman P'eng story?

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