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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a woman make medical prescriptions in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?
(a) With a magistrate.
(b) With a fox spirit.
(c) With drugs.
(d) With magical spirits.

2. What does the old woman fantasize about her guest in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Talking to her.
(b) Sleeping with her.
(c) Traveling with him.
(d) Sleeping with him.

3. Who does not understand the law and thinks it is more convoluted that it is in fact in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Father.
(c) Son.
(d) Widow.

4. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?
(a) Musical.
(b) Concert.
(c) Parade.
(d) Dance show.

5. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?
(a) A house and animals.
(b) Drugs and supplies.
(c) Farm and implements.
(d) Furniture and clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Local History of T'an-ch'eng," who do widows struggle to raise?

2. From where does a woman who is a spirit medium produce a voice in one of the stories told by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

3. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?

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

5. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?

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