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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Hsi-liu," who has difficulty learning to read?
(a) Hsi-liu.
(b) Ch'ang-hu.
(c) Ch'ang-fu.
(d) Huang.

2. Who writes the misery of the peasants during the ransacking?
(a) Feng K'o-t'san.
(b) T'ang-ch'eng.
(c) Huang Liu-hung.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

3. What does the widow with the two sons run well in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories about widows?
(a) Family business.
(b) Home.
(c) Bar.
(d) Restaurant.

4. How does the man who came to judge Ts'ui for his crime know him?
(a) He was the son of a widow.
(b) He was the young refugee boy.
(c) He was the Taoist monk.
(d) He was a friend of the family.

5. Who made up a story that the boy's father killed their father during the chaos of the Manchu invasions?
(a) Aunts.
(b) Uncles.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the town that is looted by bandits?

2. What system is used to maintain public order, police functions, and militia defense to deal with attacks by bandits in Huang's story?

3. What act does the official consider morally evil and degrading that many people in China are doing?

4. After what event in 1641 is there an attack on the city by bandits?

5. In the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668, what event does a young boy attend?

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