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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Hsi-liu," how old is the widow when she is forced to raise two sons on her own?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 25.
(d) 55.

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

3. What do the officials want to receive in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) A peach.
(b) A book.
(c) A dollar.
(d) A jar.

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

5. What are taxes used to maintain in Huang's story?
(a) Chin-Chon roads.
(b) Imperial roads.
(c) Kaoling roads.
(d) Manchu roads.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who visits an old woman who is spinning in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?

3. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?

4. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

5. What is a profession of parents in "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng?"

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