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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do some soldiers in T'an-ch'eng do when the change of government occurs?
(a) Drink, feast, and be merry.
(b) Rip, scream, and shout.
(c) Cry, shout, and revel.
(d) Rape, pillage, and murder.

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

3. What does the couple use to elope?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Broomsticks.
(c) Animals.
(d) Magical kites.

4. What do the young couple set up as a new occupation after Ting is freed by a large bribe?
(a) Tax accountancy firm.
(b) Herbal shop.
(c) Glass factory.
(d) Shoe shop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ting's partner feed the starving people during the famine?

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

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

4. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?

5. What does the younger son end up becoming after going to jail in "Hsi-liu?"

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