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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT part of the loot when the city is ransacked?
(a) People.
(b) Gold.
(c) Guns.
(d) Silver.

2. What does the younger son end up becoming after going to jail in "Hsi-liu?"
(a) A successful father.
(b) A successful scholar.
(c) A successful merchant.
(d) A successful student.

3. Who is an official who passed his scholarly chu-jen examination?
(a) T'ang-ch'eng.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

4. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?
(a) T'ang-Liu.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) Feng K'o-t'san.
(d) T'ang-Ch'en.

5. What is the exam that the sons of widows need to pass?
(a) Chu-jen.
(b) Mu-chu.
(c) Ch'ang-hu.
(d) Ch'ang-fu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young couple buy for themselves after they elope?

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

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

4. In the story of Woman P'eng, what is the name of the young son?

5. What is another name for sorghum?

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