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

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

3. Who ends up becoming Li's servant for a year?
(a) Huang.
(b) Tao.
(c) Wang.
(d) Ts'ui.

4. What does the killer of the boy expect as he claims the murder was revenge in the Woman P'eng story?
(a) Rewards.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Leniency.

5. What does the magistrate notice that people do in order to cheat on taxes?
(a) Steal property.
(b) Falsify records.
(c) Rebel.
(d) Lower land quality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the writer that says this earthquake is one of the natural disasters of the time?

3. What are people forced to do even if they are naked during an earthquake?

4. Who kills the murderer that was protected by correct officials?

5. What does the couple use to elope?

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