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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What apparition do the people in T'ang-ch'eng believe in?
(a) Vampires.
(b) Heretics.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Soothsayers.

5. Who murders the cruel wife with a knife who starved her mother-in-law in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) P'u Sung-ling.
(b) Din Dan.
(c) Li Chen.
(d) Ts'ui Meng.

Short Answer Questions

1. When P'u Sung-ling wrote about a woman confronting rampaging soldiers, what did she set on fire?

2. What does the magistrate notice that people do in order to cheat on taxes?

3. P'u Sung-ling told a story about a woman who had a relationship with a nobleman and was pregnant. What happened to her?

4. In Jen's wife's dream, where is she sitting?

5. By the Chinese law, what does the boy's killer receive in the Woman P'eng story?

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