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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is just a stand-in for the rights of a son in the story of P'eng?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Widow.
(c) Niece.
(d) Father.

3. What does the official of T'ang-ch'eng get Peking officials to lower?
(a) Corvee.
(b) Cost of gold.
(c) Tax rates.
(d) Levees.

4. What does the snowfall fail to lessen in Huang's story?
(a) Drought.
(b) Tax burden.
(c) Air conditioning bill.
(d) Electric bill.

5. What subject is some of the widows knowledgeable about?
(a) Religion.
(b) Law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the couple pose as from the fighting around them?

2. When a wife starves her mother-in-law, what does her husband do secretly in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?

3. What does the couple use to elope?

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

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

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